father; dad; husband; you; he
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
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
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to pass (of time); to elapse
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
discovery; detection; finding
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
adds force or indicates command
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
suffix for familiar person
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
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 search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed