senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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 surround; to crowd around
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
company; corporation; workplace
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
mass-produced arrows; arrows for target practice
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
two persons; two people; pair; couple
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such