one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
clanging; empty; deserted
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
farm house; country cottage
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
lonely; desolate; forlornness; desolation
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to take a seat; to sit; to occupy a position (e.g. committee president)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to be sooty; to be stained
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
shape; form; security; collateral; obverse of an old zeni coin
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist