few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
serious or slight injury; major and minor injuries
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 bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
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
integrated circuit; IC; interchange
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
information; news; report; reward; retribution
police; police officer; police station
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
(passenger) car; automobile
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances