one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
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
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to fly apart; to tower over; to be out of the ordinary
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
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 turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
uninhabited island; desert island
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
together with; same; both; all; including ...
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land