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
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
viaduct; overhead bridge; overpass; land bridge (biogeography)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
regular train; local train; train that stops at every station
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
elevation; height above sea level
metre; meter; meter; gauge
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
level ground; plain; flatland
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares