oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
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 give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
amusement; fun; brief entertainment
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to mark the end; to spell the end
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
now; the present time; just now; another; more
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty