year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
in succession; one by one
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
entrepreneur; person who starts a new business
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
favorite child; favourite child; darling; favorite; star
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
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 build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to face; to go towards; to head towards
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
president (of a society); chairman
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously