thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
imperial court; royal court
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
lux (unit of illuminance)
(Japanese) imperial succession
right (to do something); authority; power
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 get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
youngest brother; last disciple
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
cold reception; inhospitality
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
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.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...