to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
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; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
this world; this life; world of the living
only; merely; but; no more than
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
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.
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to manage a state; to govern a country
strong person; the strong; the powerful
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed