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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
hello; good day; good afternoon
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
this occasion; at this time; now
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 receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
story; tale; talk; discussion
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
reality; actuality; hard fact
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience