(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
please (give me); please (do for me)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
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)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this world; the present world
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
very young; little; childish; immature
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 meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
infant; baby; little child
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
... years old; age (of) ...
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)