electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
public good; public profit
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to face; to go towards; to head towards
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
reaching; attaining; arrival
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