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
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
company president; manager; director
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
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 aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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.)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)