indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
... years old; age (of) ...
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
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.
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
rise; increase; upload; posting online; close-up; completion of filming; upswept hairstyle
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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.)
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
man of the hour; woman of the hour
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
one day; (on) a certain day
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
experience; history; record; career
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
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
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")