indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
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 pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
sunlight; rays of the Sun
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
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.)
while; during; while; although; all; both