this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
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
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
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
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
very loose; slowly; leisurely
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
on the occasion of; at the time of
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
in this way; thus; such; uh...
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility