leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
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 receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
weave; weaving; woven item
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
Nola (Italy); Nora; Norah
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
corridor; hallway; passageway
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to