educational institution; school; academy; campus
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
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
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
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 start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
than; from; out of; except; but; more
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")