car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
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
ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
by means of; due to; because of; according to
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
government; administration
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
political measures; policy
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.
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
terrorist organization; terrorist organisation
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
will not do; do not; does not
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
related to; in relation to
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
oppression; suppression; pressure
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal