if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
"bird-in-the-cage" children's game
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
front; frontage; facade; main
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
God; god; ace; king; superior person
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 deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
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
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray