fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to be called; to do
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
forensic researcher; crime scene investigator
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
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 lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
serious condition; critical condition
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person