nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
friend; affection (for siblings)
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
it's been a long time; long time no see
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
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
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
honorific/polite/humble prefix
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
student of a women's college; female university student
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
the West; the Occident; Western countries
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type