deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
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 open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to ascend; to go up; to climb
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely