correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
group; party; team; squad; section
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
is that so?; I see; right; oh
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
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.
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
Gerald; Gerard; Gerhard; Gerrald; Jerald; Geraldo
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference