human being; human; person; character (of a person)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
store interior; inside of a shop
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 stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
bar code; comb over (on a balding man); combover
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
eardrum; tympanic membrane