if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
postcard; memo; note; card
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
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.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying