if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
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 connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
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
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
true; real; genuine; proper; utter