shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
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
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
place; situation; position; location
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
camping; campground; making camp
to pitch camp; to set up camp
here and there; everywhere
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
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 stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
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 scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...