indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
sunlight; rays of the Sun
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
speaking voice; talking voice
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
postman; mailman; mail carrier; letter carrier; postie
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
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 get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
while; during; while; although; all; both
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)