ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
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
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
member of an organized crime group; gangster; mobster; yakuza
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
formal marriage interview
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
discovery; detection; finding
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very