year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
28th day of the month; 28 days
boarding house; residence hall; dormitory
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
training; drill; practice; discipline
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.
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
three; three years of age
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
school; proofreading; proof
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
wide (esp. of clothing); broad
corridor; hallway; passageway
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious