sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
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
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
loveable; very likeable; like very much
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
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 ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
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 buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away