gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
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
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 have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
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...
after that; afterwards; thereafter
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
shipping industry; marine transport
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
people; men and women; each person; everybody
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
answering machine; answer phone
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
please (give me); please (do for me)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation