one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
afterlife; realm of the dead
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
at; in; at; when; by; with
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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 open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
business; trade; operations; sales
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon
salted crescent roll; salted butter roll
curry bread (usu. deep-fried); curry doughnut; curry bun; curry roll
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
why; how; for what reason
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task