too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
drop (e.g. of water); drip
mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
warning (e.g. for a storm); advisory
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
honorific/polite/humble prefix
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
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 go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk