non-combustible waste; non-burnable rubbish
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
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.
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
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
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to be found; to be discovered
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
staying the night; lodging (at)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
in this way; thus; such; uh...
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.)
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
than; from; out of; except; but; more
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of