oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, 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
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
coincident with; while; simultaneously
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
since then; from that time; ever since
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for