hello; good day; good afternoon
ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
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 take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
again; once more; a second time
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
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.)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
story; tale; talk; discussion
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service (US)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...