key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
personal identification number; PIN; password number
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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
interview (e.g. for a job)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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 guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
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.)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)