spotlight; close observation
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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.
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
suffix for familiar person
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
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.)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience