well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
it's been a long time; long time no see
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
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.
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)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
opinion; intention; thought
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)