muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
counterclockwise rotation; anti-clockwise rotation; CCW
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
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 draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
surroundings; environs; circumference
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
weight; heavyweight boxer