first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
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
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
good; goodness; right; virtue
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
July Revolution (France, 1830)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
in history; ever; historical
special; particular; peculiar; unique
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
time; season; period; phase; stage
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
street; quarter; district; area
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
social; societal; societary