indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
1,000,000; one million; million; many
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
small change; pocket change; coins; small sum of money
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
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
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly