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
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
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.
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
counter for books; volume
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
business; trade; operations; sales
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
20th day of the month; 20 days
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
signing; autograph session
to have the privilege of doing
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)