day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
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
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
not yet known; unknown; strange
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
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.
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
duty; function; office; mission; task
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
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)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
powered exoskeleton (esp. in SF); power suit
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...