indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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 choose; to select; to pick (out)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
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.)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out