dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
society; the world; the times
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 (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to repeat; to do something over again
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
singing voice; (sound of) singing
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
speaking voice; talking voice
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
monaural; monophonic; mono
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)