if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to pass (of time); to elapse
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that