large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
ten; 10; ten years of age
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
first part (of a book, film, etc.); first volume; prequel
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
comparatively; relatively
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)