talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
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.)
medical care; medical treatment
straying; wandering off course
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
color of water after washing rice (colour)
internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures; department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
setting a place; setting the table
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
first class plus; extra special
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
cooking; food preparation
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to move forward; to move on
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for