indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
multi-; multi-post; multi-level marketing; pyramid selling; mulch; mulching
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
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)
first challenge; first try
traditional art; traditional performance art
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
time; hour; period; class
how are things with you?; how are you doing?; how are you getting along?; how have you been?; how are you?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
three generations; three periods; third generation
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece; magnum opus; major work
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed