wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
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
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
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 feel; to sense; to experience
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
stirring; slight movement
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
arm; skill; efforts; ability
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
while; during; while; although; all; both
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine