piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
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
suffix for familiar person
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
in this way; thus; such; uh...
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
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 go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
line; queue; procession; matrix
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like