alien (from another planet)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
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.
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to go to the next stage (after failing to reach a conclusion); to be carried over (e.g. to the next meeting); to go into (a run-off, overtime, extra innings, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
by means of; due to; because of; according to
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
colonization; colonisation
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore