deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
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
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
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; head on beer
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
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 catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo 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
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely