calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
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
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
one day; (on) a certain day
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
one's house; one's home; one's family
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
in the mountains; among the mountains
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
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 adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
moderate; proper; just right
sweet and sour; bittersweet
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine