at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, 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.
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
such ... as; or some such
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
myself; yourself; I; me; you
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
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
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
all one has; all one's possessions
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
actual profit; practical use; benefit
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
ratio; proportion; percentage
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very