chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
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
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
mask; disguise; guise; mask
tradition; legend; folklore
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
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.
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sweeping sideways; mowing down
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
upper half of the body; upper body
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)