all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
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
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that