air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
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.
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
association; society; organization; organisation
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
topic of discussion; agenda
the other day; a few days ago
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
illegal; illicit; unlawful
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
(arch.) arm (esp. upper arm); counter used to measure the thickness of round objects
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
several people; a few people
government management; state management
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)