one day; (on) a certain day
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
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 be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
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
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be surprised; to be astonished
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to crouch; to squat; to cower
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
until now; so far; up to the present
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
incident; affair; happening; event
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)