indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Shiga Prefecture (Kinki area)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
at that time; in those days
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
now; the present time; just now; another; more
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
mountain range; mountain belt
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
prefix for forming ordinal numbers