happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
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
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
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.
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do