honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
second marriage; remarriage
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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 read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
end; close; conclusion; termination
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...