indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
already; now; no longer; not any more
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
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.)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
how; in what way; how about
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...