competing; competition; auction
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
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
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to entrust; to leave to a person
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
evening breeze; evening mist
existence; possession; having; limited company
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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.
land near a castle; castle town
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)