place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
for example; for instance; e.g.
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
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
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
to say; to be called; to do
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
beginning; outset; first; onset
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of