indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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.)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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 play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
all; entire; whole; altogether
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage