to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
suffix for familiar person
high and inside pitch; inter-scholastic athletics competition
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
head; lead; vanguard; first
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
good feeling; feeling good
serious; not joking; straight
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively