preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
thundering; roaring; rumbling; booming
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
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 fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
steel; sword steel; sword
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to be too numerous; to be too much
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier