here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
by means of; due to; because of; according to
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
residing; living; dwelling
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
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
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 take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
longed-for; anxiously awaited