year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
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
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
place; situation; position; location
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to face on; to look out on to
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
such ... as; or some such
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.
chief; main; principal; important
clientele; customer stratum
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
migratory bird; bird of passage
mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album); parasitic plant
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
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
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
boy; son; baby boy; young man
bird; bard (esp. in RPG games)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam