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.)
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
novel; story; (work of) fiction
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
(in the) same house; (under the) same roof
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
(written) invitation; letter of invitation
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 receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to gather; to collect; to assemble
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
every month; each month; monthly
1,000,000; one million; million; many
yen (currency of Japan); circle
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
sender; consignor; remitter
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
imagination; supposition; guess