corridor; hallway; passageway
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
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
special radio or television programme; television special
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
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.
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine