thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
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.)
beginning; outset; first; onset
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
link; linking; link; hyperlink; linking (of object files); linkage
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result