next; following; subsequent; stage; station
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
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 tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
armed forces; military; troops
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
I don't give a damn; that's got nothing to do with me
honorific/polite/humble prefix
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
then; well; so; well then
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything