I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
one's native country; land of one's birth
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
double; two-fold; two layers; diplo-; dipl-
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
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
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
the present year; at that time
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
... years old; age (of) ...
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
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 lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at first; in the beginning; originally
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
faintly; dimly; slightly; barely
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
honorific/polite/humble prefix