year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
all over Japan; throughout Japan
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to gather; to collect; to assemble
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 cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
engineering workstation; EWS; emergency warning system; EWS
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
all present; all concerned; all of us
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
beginning; outset; first; onset
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as