Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
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
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
war; fighting; fierce competition
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
magnetism; magnetic force
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
by means of; due to; because of; according to
diastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust; upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
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.
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
people; men and women; each person; everybody
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
one day; (on) a certain day
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)