first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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 be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to have a talk; to tell a story
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that's true; of course; obviously
Japanese citizen; (the) Japanese
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station