morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; period; class
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
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
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
leader of a charge; first to arrive
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
at once; immediately; right now
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
how; in what way; how about
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
feng (male Chinese firebird)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...