this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
adds force or indicates command
serious; not joking; straight
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
although I say; although one might say; although called
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
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
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
chief; main; principal; important
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
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.
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
representative; exemplary; model
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
order of chivalry; chivalric order
item; something that one "just has to have"
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
mechanism; organization; organisation
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
shopping district; shopping street; downtown