creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
novel; story; (work of) fiction
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
health; healthy; sound; fit
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
boy; son; baby boy; young man
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
novel serialized in a newspaper
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss; to loiter; to hang around; to wander around
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade