plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
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
adds force or indicates command
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
bento; Japanese box lunch
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about; questionable
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables); highest-ranking division; intermission (between acts); interlude
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
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
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
ancient Shinto music and dancing
growth period (in children)
bento; Japanese box lunch
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
light; right; right field; right fielder
of course; certainly; naturally
both; both sides; both parties
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
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.
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that