good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
police officer; policeman; policewoman
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
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
police; police officer; police station
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
training; drill; practice; discipline
something like ...; something called ...
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
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
techniques for arresting criminals; arrest technique
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.
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)