labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
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 go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be smeared; to be covered
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
skeleton (of a vertebrate, ship, building, etc.); transparency (revealing the inner workings of a device); translucency; skeleton (sport); skeleton (code)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
living thing; living creature; animal; life
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very