sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
average; ordinary; normal
home; household; family; hearth
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
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 buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
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 bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away