order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
pilchard oil; sardine oil
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
paper-enclosed standing lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an oil lamp; taxi roof light
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
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 clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around
long ago; a long time ago; already
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health