indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
fruit store; fruit dealer; fruit seller; fruiterer; fruiteress
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
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
woman; female; feminine gender
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 take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
when it becomes; when it comes to
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
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
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
head; lead; vanguard; first
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)