today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
big athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
business world; business circles; (the) industry
entry (in an event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (on a blog, in a database, etc.); post
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
company president; manager; director
honorific/polite/humble prefix
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops