is it?; isn't it?; be; is
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
(some) more; even more; longer; further
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
suffix for familiar person
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
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 take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
wrestler of the third highest rank
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
honorific/polite/humble prefix
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk