this country; our country
debut; opening; first public exhibition
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
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to become clear; to be made public
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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.
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
ice water; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
parchment paper; baking paper
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together