ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside; view of a light green mountain; mountain that appears green from afar
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
exploitation; overuse; abuse
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sinus; cavity; antrum; neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
myself; yourself; I; me; you
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
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
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
birth; creation; formation
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
accomplished lady; talented woman; eminent woman
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)