ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
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
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
estimated (probable) age (e.g. of victim)
woman; female; feminine gender
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
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.
discovery; detection; finding
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then