meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
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
greeting; a fine thing to say
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
president (of a society); chairman
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
than; from; out of; except; but; more
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 have the privilege of doing
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, 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.)
welcome drink (e.g. free drink served to hotel guests upon arrival)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...