year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
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
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
final qualifier; final qualifying round
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
war; battle; match; game; competition
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
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 miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
cry (of baby); mewl (of kitten)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
birth; creation; formation
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major