maintenance; preservation; improvement
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
program (e.g. TV); programme
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
round-table conference; roundtable; round-table; round-table meeting
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.
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
really; truly; indeed; good grief
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
rule; reign; government; governing
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date