Yodogawa Nagaharu (1909.4.10-1998.11.11)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
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.)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
don't you think?; indicates question