senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; 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 realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
summoning circle (esp. in fantasy fiction); magic circle
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
mass-produced arrows; arrows for target practice
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
two persons; two people; pair; couple
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
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.)
why; how; for what reason