granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
spare time; free time; leisure time
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
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.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
to leave of one's own accord
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
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected