festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
how; in what way; how about
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
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.
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
is that so?; I see; right; oh
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
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
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
the same rank; equality; apposition
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
dealing with; coping with