indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to get help; to enlist aid
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
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 receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
section manager; section chief
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person
head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
family; relatives; dependents; household
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
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
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
conviction; belief; confidence
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
by means of; due to; because of; according to
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody