confidential; secret; classified
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
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 send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
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
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
please (give me); please (do for me)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
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.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to repeat; to do something over again
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
suffix for familiar person
shoe sore; foot blister (caused by shoes)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?