one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
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
eighth day of the month; eight days
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
great war; great battle; world war
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
than; from; out of; except; but; more
seventh day of the month; seven days
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
state-run; state-managed; established by a state in a federal system (e.g. US, Australia, India, etc.)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
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 wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
surroundings; environs; circumference
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be able (to); to be possible (to)