Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
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
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
refinement; elegance; grace
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
now; the present time; just now; another; more
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
ex-husband; former husband
beloved child; dear child
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that