chief; main; principal; important
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
condensed milk; Soviet Union
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.
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to make a success in life
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
decision; determination; resolution
genius; prodigy; natural gift
dancer; dancing master; dancing mistress
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
bestowing peerage by imperial edict (in ancient China); document bestowing peerage
vice-envoy; deputy delegate
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
master; teacher; stable master
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
creation; founding; initiating
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
prefix for forming ordinal numbers