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
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; and then
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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 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 (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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 ...
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
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 and humor (humour)
100,000,000; one hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
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 ...