androgynous; gender-neutral
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
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 wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
store; reserve; stock; savings
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
minimum; at the very least
social life; social intercourse
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)