in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
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 ...
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
context (of a passage); line of thought; context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
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 make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
myself; yourself; I; me; you
distant place; faraway location; far away
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)