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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
crops; agricultural produce
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
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 make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
transport; transportation
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
of unknown nationality (of a vessel, plane, etc.); unidentified
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)