spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
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.)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
as (for); for; in the capacity of
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
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 inherit; to succeed; to take over
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
company president; manager; director
ritual stamping in the ring; lineup; appearance together
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
one person; another name; nickname; alias