creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
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 send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
while being out of the office or away from home
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
stealthily; secretly; in secret
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.)
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
now; the present time; just now; another; more
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to write (a new novel, play, song, etc.); to write (an original work for a specific purpose); to write specially (for)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.