master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
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
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
rikka; formal style of ikebana
quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
exclusive; attached to; specialist
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
to hold two or more positions concurrently; to do different work concurrently
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be needed; to be wanted
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
study; diligence; discount; reduction
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die