expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
handshake event; handshake session; event where it is possible to shake hands with a celebrity, sportsperson, pop star, etc.
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
incident resulting in injury
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.
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
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 sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to subsist; to keep on living
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
popular song program on radio or television
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
beloved child; dear child
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much