nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
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
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
sweet and sour; bittersweet
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to push (something) against
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish