first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
room for confining criminals or lunatics (Edo period)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
honorific/polite/humble prefix
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
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 receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout