quotient ; business; merchant; dealer ; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale) ; Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
mountain; hill ; mine ; (mountain) forest ; heap; pile; stack; mountain ; protruding or high part of an object; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire) ; climax; peak; critical point ; guess; speculation; gamble ; (criminal) case; crime ; mountain climbing; mountaineering ; festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
period; time ; opportunity; chance; occasion ; age ; term (e.g. in office) ; session (e.g. of parliament) ; stage (e.g. of a disease) ; season (e.g. of a TV series)
origin; source; beginning ; basis; base; foundation; root ; cause ; (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock ; (one's) side ; capital; principal; cost price ; root (of a plant); (tree) trunk ; part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand) ; first three lines of a waka ; counter for plants or trees
indicates the subject of a sentence ; indicates possession ; but; however; (and) yet; though; although; while ; and ; used after an introductory remark or explanation ; regardless of ...; whether ... (or not); no matter ... ; indicates a desire or hope ; softens a statement ; indicates doubt ; indicates scorn
to be complete; to be all present; to make a full set; to be satisfied (of conditions) ; to be equal; to be uniform; to be even; to match; to agree ; to gather; to assemble; to be collected
almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but ; hardly; barely; scarcely; little ; large majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of)
thing; matter ; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis ; circumstances; situation; state of affairs ; work; business; affair ; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to ; nominalizing suffix ; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... ; alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or ; necessity; need ; you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
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 know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover ; to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize ; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate ; to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with ; to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship) ; to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know ; to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud ; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land ; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) ; (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
such things as ...; and ... and ; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as ; be; is ; o; oh ; huh; what ; hi ; yes; what? ; yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it?
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence) ; both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) ; even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than ; even if; even though; although; in spite of ; further; more; again; another; the other
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since ; from (originator); by ; because; since ; out of (constituent, part) ; through (e.g. window, vestibule) ; after; since ; expresses sympathy or warning
space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch ; period of time (during, while); duration; interval ; between (two parties or things) ; among (a group) ; relations (between); relationship ; midpoint; average; halfway; middle ground ; due to; because of
tightly; tautly; tensely ; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; with a jerk ; intuitively; instinctively; immediately ; with a burst; with a crack; with a snap; with a twang
at (place, time); in; on; during ; to (direction, state); toward; into ; for (purpose) ; because of (reason); for; with ; by; from ; as (i.e. in the role of) ; per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month") ; and; in addition to ; if; although
but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well ; even ; however; no matter how; even if; even though ; ... or something ; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... ; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only ; for lack of anything better to do