indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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.
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
solitude; loneliness; isolation
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
starvation; famine; hunger
to torment; to torture; to harass
while; during; while; although; all; both
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to feel; to sense; to experience
now; the present time; just now; another; more
surroundings; environs; circumference
horizon (related to bodies of water)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then