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
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
it's been a long time; long time no see
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
poor work; humble reference to one's own work
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
again; once more; a second time
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 aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
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)
too (much); overly; excessively
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
management; administration; operation
novel; story; (work of) fiction
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)