one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
live (broadcasting, music, etc.); live performance; live concert; resonant (room, etc.); reverberating
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
great success; huge success
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
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
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
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 spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
one day; (on) a certain day
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)