indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
all; entire; whole; altogether
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
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 return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such