good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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
end of a line (of writing); line break
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
alone; by oneself; on one's own
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
unmarried; not yet married
(another's) daughter; young lady
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
light; easy; non-serious; minor
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
street at night; making a night journey
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 glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
woman; female; feminine gender
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
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.)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look