library; book collection; paperback book
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
resignation (from a position)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
information; news; report; reward; retribution
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 run about; to rush about
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
speaking of ...; as for ...
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
hot topic; talk of the town
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
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.)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
true state; actual condition; reality
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...