indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
image (used to explain or demonstrate something); illustration; illustrative picture; (digital) image
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
original text; source book; draft
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
writing (e.g. as a profession)
writing vertically; vertical writing
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
difference; variation; difference
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
how; in what way; how about
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
performance of one's official duties
chair; stool; post; office; position
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
leader of a delegation (body, party)
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to rock; to shake; to swing
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...