one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
hat shop; hat store; hatter; hatmaker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
number one; first; best; most; game; round
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
failure; mistake; blunder
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)