indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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 finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
bento; Japanese box lunch
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason