Niigata (city, prefecture)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
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
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 aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
consecutive victories; series of victories
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
therapy; treatment; remedy; cure
side effect; adverse reaction
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
heart; guts; nerve; central part
explosion; rupture; break off
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
myocardial rupture; cardiac rupture; heart rupture; cardiorrhexis; cardioclasis
abuse; misuse; perversion
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
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
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness