after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
life; living; I; me; student
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
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
president (of a society); chairman
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.
election; selection; choice
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
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)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
myself; yourself; I; me; you
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
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.)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take over; to hand over
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
way; method; means; resource; course
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)