standby; preparation; arrangement
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
suddenly; all of a sudden
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
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
people; men and women; each person; everybody
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
spirit world; underworld; the next world
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
lot (production); batch; lotto
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
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 keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
myself; yourself; I; me; you