magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
all; entire; whole; altogether
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
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 moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
progress; advance; improvement; development
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
people; men and women; each person; everybody
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis