eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
Nakahara Chuuya (1907-1937)
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
memories; recollections; reminiscence
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
drama; play; powerful drug
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to shed light; to cast light
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
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 steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to