indicates sentence topic;  indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated);  adds emphasis
 weeding out;  elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees);  culling;  selection (e.g. natural selection)
 at (place, time);  in;  to (direction, state);  toward;  for (purpose);  because of (reason);  for
 funeral;  burial rites;  attendance at a funeral
 indicates possessive;  nominalizes verbs and adjectives;  substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases;  (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion;  (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis;  (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
 song;  singing;  classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka);  modern poetry
 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 send (a thing);  to dispatch;  to take or escort (a person somewhere);  to see off (a person);  to bid farewell (to the departed);  to bury;  to spend (time)
 to continue;  to keep up;  to keep on
 reason;  cause;  circumstances
 undertaker's office;  funeral home;  funeral parlor
 to go against;  to fight against;  to oppose;  to resist;  to deny
 this;  last (couple of years, etc.);  these;  you (as in "you liar")
 country;  state;  region;  national government;  central government;  home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.)  province (of Japan)
 one's own property;  possessions
 face;  visage;  look;  expression;  honor;  honour
 at;  in;  at;  when;  by;  with;  and then
 domination;  rule;  direction;  management;  control (e.g. over one's emotions);  determining (e.g. one's fate)
 General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers);  GHQ
 to make war (on);  to wage war (against);  to compete (against);  to struggle (against adversities, etc.);  to fight
 to try to ...;  to be about to do ...;  to decide to ...;  to take as;  to treat as;  to use for;  to suppose that (such) is the case
 everything;  all;  the whole;  entirely;  completely;  wholly
 thing;  object;  one's things;  possessions;  things;  something;  quality
 if;  when;  and;  with;  used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.);  promoted pawn;  indicates a question
 yes;  that is correct;  um;  errr;  huh?;  grrr
 now;  soon;  already;  yet;  further;  more
 knowing;  (an) acquaintance
 indicates a question;  or;  whether or not;  some- (e.g. something, someone);  hmm;  huh;  very
 to think;  to consider;  to think (of doing);  to plan (to do);  to judge;  to assess;  to imagine
 indicates sentence subject (occasionally object);  indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions);  but;  however;  regardless of;  whether (or not)
 six (long cylindrical things)
 tree;  shrub;  bush;  wood;  timber
 event;  affair;  incident;  case;  plot;  trouble
 related to;  in relation to;  as far as ... is concerned
 from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity);  since;  from (originator);  by;  because;  since;  out of (constituent, part)
 prefix for forming ordinal numbers
 class (e.g. school);  grade;  rank;  kyū;  kyu;  junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
 declaration of a state of emergency
 to take out;  to get out;  to put out;  to reveal;  to submit (e.g. thesis);  to turn in;  to publish
 to give one's name (as);  to introduce oneself (as);  to claim to be;  to call oneself;  to reveal oneself (as);  to admit to being
 concerning;  regarding;  per (e.g. 100 yen per person);  for every
 something;  some;  somehow;  for some reason;  (is there) something (you want, etc.)
 information;  news;  intelligence;  information;  data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
 to be;  to exist;  to have;  to be located;  to be equipped with;  to happen
 quick;  speedy;  prompt;  rapid;  swift