meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
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
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
traditional Japanese handball game
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
banknote; bill; note; paper money
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
cloud of ashes (caused by pouring water on a fire)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
boarding house; school dormitory
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
each; (arch.) you (plural)
suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for