precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
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
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
tenth day of the month; ten days
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
while; during; while; although; all; both
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
Ministry of Rites (Tang-dynasty China)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
half-sibling (with a different mother)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up