professional sumo wrestling
relation; connection; relevance
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
now; the present time; just now; another; more
river; stream; River; the ... river
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
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 draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
to play a leading role; to play a central part
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
honorific/polite/humble prefix
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold