ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
reaching the shore; docking a boat
by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
boat ticket; passage ticket
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
please (give me); please (do for me)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
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
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to be powered on; to be turned on
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
man; male; masculine gender
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
food; food products; foodstuffs