to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
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
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
opening (of uncultivated land)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
adds force or indicates command
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
sunlight; rays of the Sun
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during