astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
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
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
mountain range; mountain belt
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
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
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
winner; victor; conqueror
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
in comparison to; rather than
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
high ground; plateau; heights
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe