god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
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 needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
don't you think?; indicates question
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many