Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
spring break; spring vacation
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
honorific/polite/humble prefix
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
with these words; while saying
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
even though; despite; when
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
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
above the knee; on one's lap
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so