from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
because of; owing to; due to
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
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 contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
attendance (at school); going to school
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
program (e.g. TV); programme
to have a talk; to tell a story
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on