Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
bento; Japanese box lunch
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
writing vertically; vertical writing
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
by means of; due to; because of; according to
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
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
difference; variation; difference
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
chief; main; principal; major
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
senior high school; high school
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
Sega (abbr: Service Games)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
association of like-minded people
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
will not do; do not; does not
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
president (of a society); chairman
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name