nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
this occasion; at this time; now
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
very popular; highly favoured
performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
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)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to skip over (while reading); to skim
please (give me); please (do for me)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
living together; coexistence
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living