addition; increase; Canada
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
southern part; the south (of a region)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
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
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
basic resident register; basic register of residents
by means of; due to; because of; according to
Japanese addressing system (district-block-lot); displayed address
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
town; city; municipal; urban
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
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 contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
junction; system interchange (between highways)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)