contamination (esp. foreign bodies in food)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
second month of the lunar calendar
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
company president; manager; director
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
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
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
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)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
new menu item; new dish on a menu
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 think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
wherein; therein; thereinto
trial; judgement; judgment
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
witness stand; witness box
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
karoshi; death from overwork
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)