indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
woman; lady; adult female
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
to say; to be called; to do
than; from; out of; except; but; more
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage