cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
society regulations; club regulations; constitution
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
pornographic photo book; erotic photo book; pornographic comic book; hentai comic book
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
tedious; boring; being fed up with
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
president (of a society); chairman
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
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.
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
old man; venerable gentleman
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
calamity; misfortune; disaster
changing clothes; change of clothes
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage