event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
please (give me); please (do for me)
guess; conjecture; surmise
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
story; tale; talk; discussion
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.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that