as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
one day; (on) a certain day
company president; manager; director
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
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 pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to cut off (a relationship)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
invitation; introduction; temptation
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
flour; meal; powder; dust
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
police; police officer; police station
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
arrest; apprehension; capture
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
when; how soon; how long until
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound