to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
two persons; two people; pair; couple
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
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
ex-wife; former wife; previous wife
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
really; truly; indeed; good grief
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
subordinate work; assistant; servant
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 give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
secret; private; surreptitious
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
due form; official; formality
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
pregnancy; conception; gestation
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
boy; son; baby boy; young man
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street