prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
hello; good day; good afternoon
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
bubblingly; foamingly; sinking or rising while giving off bubbles; cute and chubby; pudgy; puffed up
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
big and round (eyes, shaven head, 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.)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
name; given name; first name
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
than; from; out of; except; but; more
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)