railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
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
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
danger; peril; hazard; risk
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to be helpful; to be useful
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
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
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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
to be found; to be discovered