serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
second team; reserve team; farm team; second-string players
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
regular; standard; regular player (on a team); regular guest (on a TV show); regular (gasoline)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common