indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at that time; in those days
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
remaining; left-over; excess
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
lately; recently; nowadays
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
interest; fun; inspiration
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor