present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
unit; (musical) group; band
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
computerized tomography; CT
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
woman; female; feminine gender
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
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
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
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.
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
on the occasion of; at the time of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
offender; criminal; culprit
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
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
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
flight; desertion; escape
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk