door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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.
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
single word; a few words; brief comment
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
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
(special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper); representative; delegate
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
danger; peril; hazard; risk
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
sorry; excuse me; thank you
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia