time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
don't you think?; indicates question
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
how; in what way; how about
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
at least; at most; (even) just
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry