thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
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 give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
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.)
previous work; preceding work; previous title; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
acceleration; speeding up
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)