road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
why; how; for what reason
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
review (of learned material); revision
... years old; age (of) ...
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
occurrence; happening; incident; event
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
6th day of the month; six days
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
nothing but; except; no more than
to pass (of time); to elapse
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
as (for); for; in the capacity of