Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
match; game; bout; contest
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
from now; from this moment; henceforth
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)