illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
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...)
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
eruption; volcanic eruption
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 aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
Island; insula; island; islet
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
harem; inside the palace; the palace
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
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.)
1000 ri; (a) long distance
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen