eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
eternal; unlimited; endless
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
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
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
again; once more; a second time
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party
plate; illustration; figure
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
hometown; rural township (of China)
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
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 leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
piece; fragment; one (object)
agricultural community; farm village; rural
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...