illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
war; battle; match; game; competition
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to assemble; to set up; to construct
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
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 seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
nothing but; none other than
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
both; both sides; both parties
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
match; game; bout; contest
considerably; fairly; quite