white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
river; stream; River; the ... river
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
two persons; two people; pair; couple
disorder; disturbance; unrest
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
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
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to say; to be called; to do
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
adds force or indicates command
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to wheedle a person into doing something; to carry a portable shrine
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
than; from; out of; except; but; more