festival; feast; carnival
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
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.
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
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)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
people; citizens; subjects; folk
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
all (there is); as long as there is
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
theatre; theater; playhouse
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
surroundings; environs; circumference
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring