indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
Pacific island flatsedge (Cyperus cyperoides)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
in advance; beforehand; previously
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
following a text word by word (e.g. when translating)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
river; stream; River; the ... river
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
messenger; envoy; emissary
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
great cause; moral law; justice