person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
death from disease; death from illness
now; the present time; just now; another; more
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
people; men and women; each person; everybody
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.
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
technical skill; ability; capacity
to compete with; to vie for
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
Silla (ancient Korean kingdom; 57 BCE-935 CE)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become