if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
two times; twice; two degrees
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
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 push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
while; even though; despite
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
time; hour; period; class
good-quality; superior in quality
furnishings; implements; equipment
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial