illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
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.
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
true character; true heart; true spirit
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
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
condition; situation; prospects
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to feel; to sense; to experience
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening