shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
after that; afterwards; thereafter
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
river; stream; River; the ... river
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
flight; desertion; escape
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
recently; lately; these days
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
scandal; deplorable event
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)