fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
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
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
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 fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
many; a lot; much; multitude
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
calamity; disaster; accident
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
nature; property; disposition
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
process; course; mechanism
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
living thing; organism; creature; biology
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
meaning; significance; sense
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)