indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
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
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
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
please (give me); please (do for me)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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 employ; to hire; to charter
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
overall victory; championship
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
until now; so far; up to the present
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
all; entire; whole; altogether
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...