bento; Japanese box lunch
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
writing vertically; vertical writing
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
by means of; due to; because of; according to
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
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
difference; variation; difference
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
chief; main; principal; major
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
comparatively; relatively
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
senior high school; high school
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
Sega (abbr: Service Games)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
association of like-minded people
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
fringed iris (Iris japonica); Japanese iris
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
birth date; date of birth; DOB
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.