thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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 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
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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.
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
body; physique; build; stature
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
grade; class; degree; magnitude
to smear with blood; to kill
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)