vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
family name; lineage; birth; clan
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
honorific/polite/humble prefix
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
briskly; quickly; promptly
tone (of voice); manner of talking
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
in that way; thus; so; so?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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.
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
in this way; thus; such; uh...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)