body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
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 pick up; to find; to gather
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to look forward to something
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
very; greatly; exceedingly
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
name; given name; first name
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment