yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
read-only memory; ROM; lurker (on a forum); read-only member
job application form; employee satisfaction
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
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
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
that is to say; so that means
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
of course; certainly; naturally
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
alone; by oneself; on one's own
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial