dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
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.
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
innumerable; countless; numberless
people; men and women; each person; everybody
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come and go; to go back and forth
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
while; during; while; although; all; both
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen