snake; serpent; large snake
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
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
than; from; out of; except; but; more
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
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.)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter