house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to jar; to creak; to grate
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
last night; yesterday evening
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout