yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
state socialism; Nazism; national socialism
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(political) administration; political power
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.
cabinet (of a government); ministry
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
birth; creation; formation
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
postwar period; period after Second World War
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
official business; public business
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
(committee) chairman; president
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
you (plural); all of you; you all
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
educational institution; school; academy; campus
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)