Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
suffix for familiar person
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
moving about; stirring about
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice