shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
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 subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
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.
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest