this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
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
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
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.
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
special; particular; peculiar; unique
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
adds force or indicates command
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
air transport; air lift; airlift
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that