January; first month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; the first of the month
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
last night; yesterday evening
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
spring day; spring sun; spring sunlight
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
don't you think?; indicates question
Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance