correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
public safety; public welfare
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
company president; manager; director
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
international; diplomatic intercourse
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
power; authority; jurisdiction
by means of; due to; because of; according to
intelligence gathering; information gathering
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen