2nd day of the month; two days
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
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 chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to get used to living (in); to live (somewhere) for a long time
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon