questioner; interrogator; interpellator
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
please (give me); please (do for me)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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 perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
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 hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
what kind of; what sort of; what
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be born; to come into the world
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend