preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
(traffic) congestion; heavy traffic
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
omen; sign; notice; indication
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
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 decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
secretary-general; director
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to concern; to be related
control; management (e.g. of a business)
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
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.)
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
manager; administrator; landlord; root (user)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)