lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
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
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.)
corridor; hallway; passageway
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
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 wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
clothes made from jersey cloth; cutsew
such ... as; or some such
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
(not so) much; (not) very
to feel; to sense; to experience
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)