the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
unidentifiable; unidentified
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
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
by means of; due to; because of; according to
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
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 talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
person making threats; intimidator
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
Dear Sir or Madam; Dear Sirs; Gentlemen
your company; your shrine
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
my sincere congratulations; please accept my congratulations
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
while; during; while; although; all; both
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")