person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
scene; sight; scenario; setting
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
homecoming; return to one's home
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
selection; choice; option
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
don't you think?; indicates question
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)