place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
such; this sort of; like this
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
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 remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
two persons; two people; pair; couple
(physical) growth; development
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
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.)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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 arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
health; healthy; sound; fit
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter