ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
honorific/polite/humble prefix
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
breathing of a sleeping person
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
to be worried; to be troubled
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
2nd day of the month; two days
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
corridor; hallway; passageway
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
at; in; at; when; by; with; so