year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
New Year's Eve; December 31
all over Japan; throughout Japan
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
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)
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
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
audience; spectator; spectators
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
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; if ... then; 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 revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) 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
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing