at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
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.
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
what if (as in "what if" stories)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
two persons; two people; pair; couple
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)