sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
lineage; line; unification; all (of you)
chief navigator; navigating officer; navigator; sailing master
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
governor-general; governor; viceroy
chief of staff (esp. of US president)
inspector general; commissioner
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
rule; reign; government; governing
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
mason; stonemason; stonecutter
platoon commander; section commander
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
the same; the said; likewise
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader