counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
feel; touch; manner (towards others); most impressive part; best part; beginning
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
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 stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
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
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling