the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
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 succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
record of a person's words and deeds
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
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
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
Virgo (6th zodiacal sign); the Virgin
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
15th day of the month; 15 days
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
royal capital; imperial capital
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery