sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon