thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
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
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
poem; narrative (style of the Shi Jing); classical Chinese rhymed prose
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
tight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)
cherry tree bearing single blossoms; single cherry blossoms
clashing of swords; felling of trees; ringing of an ax
one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
praiseworthy undertaking; commendable act
revengeful ghost; apparition
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short