smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
now; the present time; just now; another; more
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
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
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
name; given name; first name
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all