nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
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.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
it's been a long time; long time no see
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
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.)
greeting; a fine thing to say
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
patronage; favour; favor; custom
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
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 be able (to); to be possible (to)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
don't you think?; indicates question
if it is (the case that ...)
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
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
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
events of the day; current affairs
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick