year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
document (of proof); certificate; paper; bond; deed
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...