this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
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.
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
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
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to feel; to sense; to experience
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with