place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
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
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
the same generation; coeval
man; male; masculine gender
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 pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
brightness; splendour; splendor
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
adds force or indicates command
all present; all concerned; all of us
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
that; the matter in question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else