nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
second marriage; remarriage
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 take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
anything and everything; just about everything
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
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.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
how; in what way; how about
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
feeling; sense; impression
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)