Okinawa (city, prefecture)
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 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 (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
please (give me); please (do for me)
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
administrative official; secretary; commissioner
arrest; apprehension; capture
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
right to know; right to access information
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
the whole sheet; the whole newspaper
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)