no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
this world; this life; world of the living
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
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 repeat; to do something over again
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
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.)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
three generations; three periods; third generation
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
help; aid; support; assistance
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled