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
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
retainer; retinue; servant
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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 take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
together with; same; both; all; including ...
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
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)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
honorific/polite/humble prefix
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to repeat; to do something over again
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
interval; break; pause; spare moment
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
moment; brief space of time
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
letter affixed to an arrow
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)
(in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt
blue sky; azure sky; spring sky
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
fate; destiny; predestination
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate