illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
deep inside; innermost place
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
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 come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
two persons; two people; pair; couple
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
dozens; scores of; decades
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)