bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in that way; thus; so; so?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
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
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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 walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch