sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
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
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
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 cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
thousands; several thousand
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then