candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
royal castle; imperial castle
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
scale; scope; plan; structure
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
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.)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
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; and then