origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
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
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
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.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
royal capital; imperial capital
gamelan (traditional Indonesian music ensemble)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
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 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
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
of course; certainly; naturally
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
different opinion; objection
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
practice; practising; training; study
suffix for familiar person