deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
river; stream; River; the ... river
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
well curb; well kerb; family crest design based on a square wooden well curb
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
tenement house; row house
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter
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
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
change; transition; return present
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
land agent; house agent; real estate agent
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
family; members of a family
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
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 perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
landowner; landlord; landlady
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine