year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
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 want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
by means of; due to; because of; according to
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
participation; joining; entry
(present) head of a family
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(dead) body; corpse; remains
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence