group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
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.
trusting too much; overestimating ability
must not (do); should not; do not; cannot
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to stop walking; to pause
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
calamity; disaster; accident
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)