indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
senior high school; high school
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
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
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
Aquarius (constellation); the Water Carrier; the Water Bearer
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
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.
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
Pisces (constellation); the Fish; the Fishes; (arch.) fishmongers' guild
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold