year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
seventh day of the month; seven days
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
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
place; situation; position; location
to concern; to be related
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
beginning; outset; first; onset
to bring; to take; to bring about
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
region; limits; stage; level
entry; approach; penetration
while; even though; despite
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
column; file; (vertical) line
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
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 steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
form; shape; figure; visage
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
the same; the said; likewise
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
battle formation; military formation
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience