department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
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
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
starry night; starlight night
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
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 eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have