after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
selection; choice; picking out
individual match; single game
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
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
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.
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
suffix for familiar person
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
team competition; team game
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
pupil; student; schoolchild
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
notice; attention; observation
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to win and advance to the next round
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...