pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
almost every day; almost daily
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
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)
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
incessant working; working non-stop
time; hour; period; class
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
(skilled) tanka poet; official in charge of court poetry and music (under the ritsuryō system); poet
discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
honorific/polite/humble prefix
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
by means of; due to; because of; according to
comfort; consolation; diversion
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
singing voice; (sound of) singing
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
people; men and women; each person; everybody