indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
animated TV show; cartoon
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
planning; plan; project; arrangements
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
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 finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
on and after; from ... onward; since
periodic; regular; routine
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
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 be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it