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)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
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
several years; a few years
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
older brother; elder brother
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
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 send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
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 come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
adds force or indicates command
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
indeed; really; truly; very much
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience