preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
area; region; district; locality
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Washington, D.C. (United States); Washington (US state)
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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.
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
Coast Mountains (Canada); Coast Ranges (USA); Hai'an Range (Taiwan)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
influence; effect; impact
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
now; the present time; just now; another; more
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as