person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to live; to reside; to inhabit
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
(present) head of a family
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve
near; close; beside; third person
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
Uranus (Greek god); Uranus (planet)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
order of chivalry; chivalric order