(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
theatre; theater; playhouse
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
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 check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
training; drill; practice; discipline
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point