narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to provide; to arrange; to install
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
people; men and women; each person; everybody