suddenly; all of a sudden
Odaiba (artificial island in Tokyo Bay)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
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
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
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 catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
decision; judgment; resolution
isolation; being alone; being friendless
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
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.)