(national) capital (city); metropolis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
number one; first; best; most; game; round
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
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.
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
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.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to run up to; to rush over
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike