Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
having a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered
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.
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to visit (someone) in hospital
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
two persons; two people; pair; couple
home area; home town; local
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
on bad terms; at loggerheads
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
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
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
honorific/polite/humble prefix
carfare; cartage fee; honorarium
100,000; hundred thousand
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people