this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
spare time; free time; leisure time
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 topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(some) more; even more; longer; further
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
anything and everything; just about everything
rather; sooner; preferably
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
in that manner; like that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
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.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
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.
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
northern part; the north (of a region)
hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
scale; scope; plan; structure
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show