promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
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 accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to telephone; to make a phone call
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
such ... as; or some such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
at; in; at; when; by; with; so