from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
district; section; sector
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
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
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
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.
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
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.)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
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)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
racket; paddle (in table-tennis)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
match; game; bout; contest
please (give me); please (do for me)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do