on the sea; surface of the sea
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
than; from; out of; except; but; more
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
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
capture; seizure; military capture of a foreign vessel; making a prize of
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
public security operation
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different