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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
January; first month of the lunar calendar
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
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.)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
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 decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
together; at the same time; same; identical
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then