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
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
greeting; a fine thing to say
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
how; in what way; how about; questionable
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
don't you think?; indicates question
novel; story; (work of) fiction
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence