one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
specialization; specialisation
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
tension; mental strain; nervousness
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
in that way; thus; so; 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.)
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.
two persons; two people; pair; couple
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
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
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine