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
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
emperor (of Japan); mikado
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
(present) head of a family
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
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 breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
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 coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...