older employee who does not have much actual work
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
pack; packet; to pack; to package; (cosmetic) face pack; face mask
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
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 receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
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.)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)