appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
secret art; secret technique; mysteries (of an art)
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 use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation