increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
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.
war; battle; match; game; competition
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
match; game; bout; contest
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
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 sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
regular game; regular-season game
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
broadcast(ing) satellite; BS; satellite television
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
declaration; proclamation; announcement
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very