now; the present time; just now; another; more
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
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
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency; NISA
by means of; due to; because of; according to
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
government office; agency; board
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
hosing down; drainage; discharge of water; spraying with water
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.
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
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.)
rule over the whole country
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
both armies; both teams; both sides
to glare at each other; to confront each other
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience