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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
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)
to go broke; to be reduced to poverty; to be driven to destitution
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
don't you think?; indicates question
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
to play a part; to get involved; to take a share; to share the burden
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
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.
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
while; during; while; although; all; both
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
in line with this; therefore; consequently; so; such being the case; in that regard
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
(cash) register; checkout (counter); cashier
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)