great mountain; large mountain
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
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
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
chair; stool; post; office; position
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.
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
university student; college student
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
father; dad; husband; you; he
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
how; in what way; how about
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft