mailman; postman; mail carrier; post carrier
flowers and trees; flowering trees
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to gaze into the distance
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
one day; (on) a certain day
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
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
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 leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
difficult to ...; hard to ...
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
metre; meter; meter; gauge
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby