hello; good day; good afternoon
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novella; short novel
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
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.)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
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)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
after a long time; for the first time in a while
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
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 ...
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
even more; still more; further
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
honorific/polite/humble prefix
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons