here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Her Majesty the Empress (of Japan)
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
meaning; significance; sense
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 load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
people; men and women; each person; everybody
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
every year; yearly; annually
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
here and there; everywhere
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
wherein; therein; thereinto
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first