daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
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
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
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 save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
escaping from prison; jailbreak
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
police; police officer; police station
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
arrest; apprehension; capture
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
time; hour; period; class
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...