hello; good day; good afternoon
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
high grade; special grade; classy
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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.)
to publish a book; to put out a book
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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.
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)