what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
that day; the very same day
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
beyond that point; after that
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
how; in what way; how about
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.)
village headman; village mayor