the New Year begins; the New Year starts
January; first month of the lunar calendar
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
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.
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, 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
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
dealing with; coping with
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you