hello; good day; good afternoon
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
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.
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
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.)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
since; henceforth; ever since
summer vacation; summer holiday
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
mother; motherboard; Mother (title of a senior nun); Mother Superior
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
solving a riddle; solving a mystery
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series