Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto); Jetavana Monastery (India) (abbr); Jetavana-vihara; Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto) (abbr); Gion Festival (abbr); Gion
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
each time; every time; thank you for your continued patronage; thank you for your support; hello; I'm coming in
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
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 change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of