lucky omen; happy; auspicious
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
keirin; cycle racing event, usu. 2km with a paced start and sprint finish
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
(someone's) assistance; help; aid; grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
as; because; with; due to
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
economic power; economic strength
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
feeling; sense; impression
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
street; quarter; district; area
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
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
don't you think?; indicates question
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do