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
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
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 rescue from; to help out of; to save
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
duty; function; office; mission; task
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
secrecy; highly classified information
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
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