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
curtain; hanging; bunting
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
sidewalk café; footpath café
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
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.
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in the face of; in defiance of
bakery; baker; pastry shop
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to encamp; to take up positions
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
senior high school; high school
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
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)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite