one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
that day; the very same day
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
government office; agency; board
room to let; room for rent
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
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 walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
outside of; not covered by
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
bus (on a regular route); transit bus; fixed-route bus
Japan and the Philippines
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
railroad track; rail line
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)