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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
name; given name; first name
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
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 do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
company; corporation; workplace
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
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.)
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
official divorce registration papers
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
failure; mistake; blunder
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)