railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
innumerable; countless; numberless
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
platform; home; home base; home plate
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
(navigable) canal; waterway
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.
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
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.)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
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
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to come and go; to go back and forth
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
to lose sight of; to miss
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
very much; very many; more and more
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
in that way; thus; so; so?