labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to concern; to be related
first part; first volume; prequel
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
presumption; assumption; estimation
danger; peril; hazard; risk
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
beginning; outset; first; onset
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
settlement; solution; resolution
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.
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
order of chivalry; chivalric order
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
leader of a delegation (body, party)