lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
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
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
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.
use; utilization; utilisation; application
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
such ... as; or some such
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)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to have a talk; to tell a story
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at