sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
this and that; one thing or another
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
will not do; do not; does not
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
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.
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
word; term; language; speech
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
participation; joining; entry
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
railroad; railway; rail transport
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why