to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
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 sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
maternity leave; paternity leave
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
offender; criminal; culprit
name; given name; first name
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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.