indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
succeeding; following; trailing; next
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
to have a talk; to tell a story
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
battlefield; battleground
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
choices; alternatives; options
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
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
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)