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
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
finding employment; getting a job
company; corporation; workplace
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
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.
exploitation; overuse; abuse
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
man; male; masculine gender
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
God; god; ace; king; superior person
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...