counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
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
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
myself; yourself; I; me; you
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
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 try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
desperately; for one's dear life
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
night-clothes; heavy kimono-like quilt
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
body; physical system; (the) person
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
while; during; while; although; all; both
slim; slender; slight; delicate
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)