department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)
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
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
news; word; tidings; omen