room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
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
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
sunlight; rays of the Sun
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
with a bump; with a clunk
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...