door (Western-style, car, 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
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
please (give me); please (do for me)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head
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 write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
sorry; excuse me; thank you
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching