pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
high and inside pitch; inter-scholastic athletics competition
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
being one or more laps behind (in a race); being behind the times
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
head; lead; vanguard; first
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to stop walking; to pause
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
meaning; significance; sense
such; like that; that sort of; very
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve