sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
district; section; sector
honorific/polite/humble prefix
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
railroad; railway; rail transport
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.)
ten; 10; (arch.) book containing a collection of poems
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) (primarily used in context of the seven spring herbs)
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
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
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 celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming