good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this world; this life; world of the living
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
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.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
our country; our land; one's own country
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
transmitter; homing device
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
government; administration
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back