department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
water's edge; beach; shore
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
repair work; renovation work; restoration work
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
rescue mission; evacuation operation
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
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.
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
unfortunately; regrettably
too (much); overly; excessively
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more