creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
existence; possession; having; limited company
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
flat-out run; driving at full speed
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
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.)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
never mind!; don't worry about it
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
movie; film; motion picture
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
library; book collection; paperback book
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
the same; the said; likewise
time; season; period; phase; stage