one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
honorific/polite/humble prefix
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
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
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
in time of need; for a rainy day; in case of emergency
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
mountain field; mountain farmland
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to sell off; to sell completely
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
coating (esp. lacquering)
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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.
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of