again; once more; a second time
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
tradition; legend; folklore
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
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
ago; since; before; previous
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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.
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
ten; 10; ten years of age
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
lately; recently; nowadays
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to recall; to remember; to recollect