illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
history of; experience of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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 tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)