indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
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 choose; to select; to pick (out)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
yen (currency of Japan); circle
large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
recyclable garbage; recyclable waste
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
burnable garbage; burnable waste
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
nonburnable garbage; nonflammables
match (for lighting a fire)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
how; in what way; how about
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 come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become