injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
section manager; section chief
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
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
women's college; women's university
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pupil; student; schoolchild
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
discovery; detection; finding
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
synthetic drug; synthetic narcotic; designer drug
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
material witness; suspect
wherein; therein; thereinto
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
driver's license; driver's licence; driving licence
headquarters; head office; main office
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch