indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated
acting ability; talent as a performer
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
long-awaited; much-awaited
Shitara Osamu (1973.4.23-)
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 go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
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
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though