(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
company president; manager; director
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 step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
story; tale; talk; discussion
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
manager; person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality
article; news story; report; account
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
by means of; due to; because of; according to
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
press conference; news conference
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
person with whom one is having an illicit love affair; mistress; lover