about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
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.)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
plants and animals; flora and fauna
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
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.
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
nothing but; except; no more than
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
myself; yourself; I; me; you