creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush (esp. on a fictional character, idol, etc.); to be infatuated
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
time; season; period; phase; stage
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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 think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
height (of summer, party, etc.); (in) full swing
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event