at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to face on; to look out on to
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
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
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
secret; private; surreptitious
escaping from prison; jailbreak
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
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 get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
independence movement; mutually independent
leader; guide; mentor; coach
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
the same; the said; likewise
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
recovery; rescue; recapture
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)