honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
god of death; death deity; Death
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
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 snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
passage; path; route; one's way
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...