unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
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
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
proofreading; correction of press; calibration
existence; possession; having; limited company
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
service center; call center
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
on the occasion of; at the time of
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
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 add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
until now; so far; up to the present