prefix for forming ordinal numbers
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
please (give me); please (do for me)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
settlement; solution; resolution
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
yin-yang diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
shikigami; spirit used by onmyōji sorcerers
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 operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
gate; door; house; family
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
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 go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
educational institution; school; academy; campus
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
head of the student council; president of the student council
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about