nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
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.
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
author; writer; novelist; artist
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
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.)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to have a talk; to tell a story