duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
adds force or indicates command
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
suffix for familiar person
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
yoke; constraints; oppression
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.
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
stone; bijou; trinket; stone (unit of weight: 14lb); curling stone; curling rock