this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
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
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to boil strongly; to be excited
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
principal street; main street; major road; thoroughfare
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
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 drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback