book; volume; this; present; main; head
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
position; location; base; point; site
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
construction; establishment
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
use; utilization; utilisation; application
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
sea level; (surface of) sea
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion