indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
one day; (on) a certain day
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
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.
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
a.m.; before noon; ante meridiem; AM broadcasting; amplitude modulation
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
genius; prodigy; natural gift
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to get help; to enlist aid
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...