indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
branch office; branch store
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
while; even though; despite
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to give directions; to issue instructions
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
scale; scope; plan; structure
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
large amount of money; great cost
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o