beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
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
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
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
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
long (time that has passed); old (story)
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.
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
you said; he said; if ... then; 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 been ...-ing
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail
second (unit of time); arc second
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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.)