(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
town; city; municipal; urban
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
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
commune (of medieval Europe); autonomous city
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that day; the very same day
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
while; during; while; although; all; both
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
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.