opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
witnessing; observing; sighting
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
to offer for sale; to put on the market
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
name; given name; first name
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
body; group; party; company; troupe
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate