aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
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
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
store interior; inside of a shop
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(not) a single person; (no) one
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
at that time; in those days
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
right in the middle (of); midst; height
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
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.
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold