indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
senior high school; high school
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
in this manner; in this way; like this
mass communication; mass media
all companies; each company
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
fax; facsimile; fax machine
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
indictment; prosecution; complaint
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
educational interface; the classroom; the chalkface
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
loser; defeated person; the defeated
human rights; civil liberties
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
now; the present time; just now; another; more
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
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 be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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