insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
in that way; thus; so; so?
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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.)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
hedge; fence; border; limit
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
being settled; coming to a conclusion
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
young master; young gentleman
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
decisive; resolute; drastic
than; from; out of; except; but; more
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
supervision; superintendence; management; supervisor
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
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
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
quiet; still; surreptitious
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum