finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
fortune-telling; divination
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
fortune-telling; divination
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.
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to find out; to discover; to locate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be able (to); to be possible (to)