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.)
it's been a long time; long time no see
hello; good day; good afternoon
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
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 receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
on the net; on the Internet; on the web
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
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.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed