honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
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
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to carry (a child) on one's back
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve