noun:

• opening words; opening sentence
• transcription (e.g. voice to text); transcript

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question ➜ 問い質す

noun:

• question of maintenance or abolition (of an institution, organization, etc.) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• affair; state; incident; issue; matter
• verdict; sentence
• directions; orders; command; instructions
• notice; information; communication; news; message; tidings; update

noun:

• tag-question (e.g. questions like 'He is, isn't he?') - Linguistics term

expression:

• that's out of the question; it's just not possible

prefix:

• one (of a pair)
• incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary
• few; little
• off-centre; remote
• side; problem; question; matters ➜ 片が付く

interjection:

• dear me!; good gracious!
• well; let me see; now - used before sentences expressing a doubt

noun:

• question mark ［はてな・ハテナ］ - abbreviation ➜ はてなマーク

noun / ~する noun:

• being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide

auxiliary:

• seeming to be; appearing to be - usu. at sentence-end
• like; similar to ➜ ような
• in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that ➜ ように
• indicates hope, wish, request or mild command - as ように at sentence-end

interjection:

• eh?; what?; oh?
• yes; that's correct ➜ はい

particle:

• strengthens a question, assertion, etc. - at sentence end - archaism ➜ かえ・ぞえ・わえ
• used when calling out to someone - after a noun, etc. - archaism

adverb:

• more and more; all the more; increasingly
• at last; finally; beyond doubt
• (at the) last moment; worst possible time

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel
• to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension); to remove (e.g. doubt)

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get dark; to grow dark
• to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close
• to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with

expression / auxiliary adjective:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to - after the -nai stem of a verb

expression:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to ➜ ざるを得ない【ざるをえない】

noun:

• fine tea; brand-name tea; famous tea; choice tea; well-known brand of quality green tea

expression:

• surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

particle:

• only; merely; nothing but; no more than
• approximately; about
• just (finished, etc.) - after the -ta form of a verb
• as if to; (as though) about to - after an attributive form or auxiliary verb ぬ(ん), also often …とばかり(に) ➜ 言わんばかり【いわんばかり】
• indicates emphasis - in the form …とばかり or …とばかりに
• always; constantly

~する verb (spec.):

• to charge; to sentence; to punish

noun:

• sentential negation; sentence negation; statement negation - Linguistics term

suffix noun:

• month (of the year); used after number or question word (e.g. nan or nani)

noun:

• person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)

noun / ~する noun:

• raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running