illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
thousand years; many years
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
body; group; party; company; troupe
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
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
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
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
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
now; the present time; just now; another; more
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
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 be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
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.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
in accordance with; subordinate to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
each; (arch.) you (plural)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have