illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
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
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
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.
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
family; members of a family
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
reform; reformation; reorganization
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
to feel; to sense; to experience
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...