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.
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
several people; a few people
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to gather; to collect; to assemble
sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture