sphere; counter for balls
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
going alone; self-reliance
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
small house; thatched hut
existence; possession; having; limited company
fifth lunar month; fourth lunar month
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
other; another; over; more than; I; me
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
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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 wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
just one person; only one
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
one's house; one's home; one's family
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull