year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
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
by means of; due to; because of; according to
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
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.
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
dominion; territory; possession
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
again; once more; a second time
to make an appearance; to show up
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
one by one; one after another; successively
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious