EntryCommon
  1. Particle

    indicates the subject of a sentence

    「あの音で考え事ができないわ」と、彼女はタイプライターを見つめながら言った。
    "I can't think with that noise," she said, staring at the typewriter.
  2. indicates possession

    literary in modern Japanese; usu. written as ヶ in place names

  3. Conjunction, Particle

    but; however; (and) yet; though; although; while

  4. Particle

    and

  5. used after an introductory remark or explanation

  6. regardless of ...; whether ... (or not); no matter ...

    after the volitional or -まい form of a verb

  7. indicates a desire or hope

  8. softens a statement

    at sentence end

  9. indicates doubt

    at sentence end

  10. indicates scorn

    after a noun at the end of an interjection

Also written

Pitch on OJAD