preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
oracle; revelation; divine message
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
existence; being; presence
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 sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell