where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to face; to go towards; to head towards
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
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
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
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 advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
place; position; location; position; standing; status
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
territory; domain; dominion; possession
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
support; backing; aid; assistance
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
identification papers; ID