large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
since; henceforth; ever since
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)