shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
before the gate; in front of the gate
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
lot area; site area; plottage; lot size
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
square metre; square meter
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
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
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
(period of) a year; during an era
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in comparison to; rather than