hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
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 hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
two persons; two people; pair; couple
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
sharing a common destiny; sitting in the same boat
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
survival; survivor; relic