pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
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 melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
all over; all over the place; everywhere
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to allow light to pass through; to shine light through
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
endless; boundless; everlasting
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
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.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of