indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn); the seven days of the week
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
imperial sanction; royal charter; chartered (e.g. chartered accountant)
company; corporation; workplace
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(Judeo-Christian) Sabbath
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
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.
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
changing clothes; change of clothes
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
urban areas; the streets; town; city
company president; manager; director
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
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
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
palatial residence; stately mansion
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important