Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
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 sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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 change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
Formula One (form of motor racing); F1
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
drama; play; powerful drug
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
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 aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
soldier; combatant; warrior
jackal (carnivores, Canis aureus ssp., C. adustus, C. mesomelas)
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become