this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(Edo-period) town magistrate
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
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 get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
this occasion; at this time; now
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
employer's house; master's house