-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
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
leader; guide; mentor; coach
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
military adviser; military advisor
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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 receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
lodging host; lodging place
advisory body; think tank
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
scale; scope; plan; structure
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
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
almost; roughly; approximately
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
tradition; legend; folklore
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
person who has rendered distinguished service