this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
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
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 collect; to assemble; to gather
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated)
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
invisible writing revealed by applying heat; writing done in invisible ink
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case