AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
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
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
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.
selection; choice; option
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
name; given name; first name
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
item; something that one "just has to have"
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
absorption; suction; attraction
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot