illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
middle of the night; dead of night
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
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 stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
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.)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
somewhere; in some respects; in some way