to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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
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.
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
sailor suit; middy uniform
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
war; fighting; fierce competition
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
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.
discovery; detection; finding
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
meaning; significance; sense
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
talented person; clever person
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)