prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
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
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
three; three years of age
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)