to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
sorry; excuse me; thank you
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
homeroom; form room; form class
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
completion; perfection; accomplishment
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
ultimate; final; last; eventual
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
filtration; filtering; percolation
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
research; study; investigation
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to compose; to put together
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
ditch; drain; gutter; gap (between cutting guides)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout