to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
festival; feast; carnival
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be helpful; to be useful
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
match; game; bout; contest
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to have a talk; to tell a story
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
rush; rush hour; rush print (in films, anime, etc.); lighter aboard ship; LASH
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
of course; certainly; naturally