[koto] (prt) (1) (particle always used at sentence-end) particle indicating a command; (2) (fem) (often as ことね) particle indicating mild enthusiasm; (3) particle indicating a gentle interrogative; (4) (at sentence end as ことよ) particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion #21
[ら, ra] (suf) (1) pluralizing suffix (often humble, derogatory or familiar); and others; et alios; and the like; and followers; (2) (See あちら, いくら) or so (rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.); (3) (See 清ら) (after the stem of an adjective) nominalizing suffix #221
[こ, ko] (n, n-suf) (1) child; (2) (also 仔) young (animal); (3) (also 娘) young woman; young geisha; (4) offshoot; (5) (See 元も子もない) interest; (6) (abbr) (See 子株・2) new shares; (7) (arch) bird egg; (n-suf) (8) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women); (P) #443
[つら, tsura] (n) (1) (See 顔・かお) face (often derog. or vulg.); mug; (2) surface; (3) (arch) surrounding area; (4) (arch) cheek; cheeks; (P) #530
[さいご, saigo] (n, adj-no) (1) last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; (exp) (2) (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga") no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); (3) (arch) (See 最期) one's final moments; (P) #683
[ひとかた, hitokata] (n) (1) (hon) one person; (adj-na) (2) (often in negative form) ordinary; common #802
[ひとつ, hitotsu] (num) (1) one; (n) (2) for one thing (often used in itemized lists); (3) (after a noun) only; (4) (with a verb in negative form) (not) even; (n-adv) (5) just (i.e. "just try it"); (P) #820
[ふね, fune] (n) (1) (船, 舟 only) (舟 is often small and hand-propelled) ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; (2) tank; tub; vat; trough; (n-suf, ctr) (3) (船, 舟 only) counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi); (P) #950
[あか, aka] (n) (1) red; crimson; scarlet; (2) red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); (3) (col) (often written as アカ) Red (i.e. communist); (4) (abbr) (See 赤信号) red light; (5) (abbr) (See 赤字・1, 赤字・2) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; (adj-no, n-pref) (6) (See 赤の他人) complete; total; perfect; obvious #1272
[かいぜん, kaizen] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) betterment; improvement; (2) (uk) (often written カイゼン) kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement); (P) #1304
[はってん, hatten] (n, vs) (1) development; growth; advancement; unfurling; (2) expansion; extension; enlargement; (3) (recently often associated with gay sex) (See 発展場) playing around; having an active sex life; (P) #1425
[つかい, tsukai] (n) (1) (See 使いにやる) errand; mission; going as envoy; (2) messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl; (3) (See 使い魔) familiar spirit; (n-suf, n-pref) (4) (often read as づかい when used as a suffix) (See 魔法使い) use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer; (P) #1499
[mou] (adv, int) (1) (See すでに) already; anymore; (2) soon; shortly; (3) more; further; other; again; (int, adv) (4) interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation); (P) #1524
[きかい, kikai] (n) (1) machine; mechanism; (2) (often 器械) instrument; appliance; apparatus; (P) #1604
[あたい;あたえ(直;費);あたいえ(直)(ok), atai ; atae ( choku ; hi ); ataie ( choku )(ok)] (n) (See 国造, 姓・かばね) Atai (post-Taika hereditary title often given to regional administrators) #1785
[かん, kan] (n) (1) (usu. used in compounds) China; (2) Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); (n-suf) (3) (often negative nuance) (See 硬骨漢) man #2427
[しゅ, shu] (n) (arch) (See 姓・かばね) Obito (hereditary title, often given to powerful regional families) #2551
[nyu-] (n) (1) new; (2) (often おにゅー) newly purchased item; (P) #2846
[ともに, tomoni] (adv) (1) (uk) together; jointly; (2) (uk) (often as ...とともに) at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with; (3) (uk) both; (P) #2981
[じたい, jitai] (n) (often with a negative connotation) situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances; (P) #3081
[むね, mune] (n) (1) (often むな as a prefix) ridge (of roof); (2) (See 刀背) back of a sword; (suf, ctr) (3) counter for buildings, apartments, etc.; (P) #3174
[よく, yoku] (adv) (1) (uk) (See 良い・1) nicely; properly; well; skillfully; (2) frequently; often; (P) #3263
[けいりん(P);ケイリン, keirin (P); keirin] (n) (ケイリン is often used for the sport, and 競輪 is often used in the context of gambling) keirin; cycle racing event, usu. 2km with a paced start and sprint finish; (P) #3751
[ぼう, bou] (n) (1) bonze; monk; (2) monk's dwelling; (3) (vocative) boy; sonny; (4) I (used by male children); me; (suf) (5) (after name) familiar form of address; (6) (often preceded by ん) person who is .. #3807
[がくめい, gakumei] (n) technical name (often the internationally accepted Latin, scientific, or Linnaean name of plants and animals) #3846
[taru] (aux-v) (after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc.) (See たり, たるや) (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of #3917
[がかり, gakari] (suf) (掛 is often used for government offices, railways, etc.) (See 係・かかり・1, 掛かり・かかり・5) charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk #3956
[いえる, ieru] (v1) (often as ...と言える) (See 言う) to be possible to say; to be able to say #4025
[わみょう;わめい, wamyou ; wamei] (n) Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana) #4351
[すず(P);りん;れい(ok), suzu (P); rin ; rei (ok)] (n) bell (often globular); (P) #5161
[ざいにち, zainichi] (adj-f, vs) (1) in Japan; (n) (2) people in Japan (esp. Koreans living in Japan, often used as a slur); (P) #5342
[こくご, kokugo] (n) (1) national language; (2) (See 国語科) Japanese language (often as a school subject); (3) native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords); (P) #5373
[pure-to] (n) plate (often as in "tectonic plate"); (P) #5900
[かね, kane] (n) (See 鉦) bell (often a large hanging bell); chime; (P) #6048
[たびたび, tabitabi] (adv) (uk) often; repeatedly; frequently; (P) #6646
[nanka] (exp, suf) things like ...; or something like that ... (often derogatory); (P) #6817
[nasai] (aux) (See 為さる) do (imperative form often used after ~masu base of verbs) #6831
[やつ(P);しゃつ(ok), yatsu (P); shatsu (ok)] (n) (1) servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); (2) chivalrous man (c. Edo period); (3) (abbr) (See 奴豆腐) cubed tofu (often served cold); (4) (abbr) (See 奴凧) kite shaped like a footman; (5) (abbr) (See 奴頭) Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; (6) enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (pn) (7) (arch) (derog) he; she; him; her #6984
[かんわ, kanwa] (n, vs) relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation; softening; (P) #6999
[あがる, agaru] (v5r, vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) (also written as 騰る in ref. to price) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) (often as 〜で上がる) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) (挙がる only) to be arrested; (16) (挙がる only) to turn up (of evidence, etc.); (17) (揚がる only) to be deep fried; (18) to be spoken loudly; (19) to get stage fright; (20) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (21) (hum) to go; to visit; (22) (hon) to eat; to drink; (23) (esp. 挙がる) to be listed (as a candidate); (24) to serve (in one's master's home); (25) (in Kyoto) to go north; (suf, v5r) (26) (See 出来上がる・1) (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion; (P) #7851
[であう, deau] (v5u, vi) (1) (出遭う usu. has a negative connotation) to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon; (2) (出会う, 出合う only) (esp. 出合う) to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); (3) (出会う, 出合う only) (often used imperatively as 出会え) to emerge and engage (an enemy); (P) #8048
[くせ(P);へき, kuse (P); heki] (n) (1) habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); (2) peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism; (3) crease; wrinkle; curl; kink; (P) #9269
[すぎる, sugiru] (v1, vi) (1) to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; (2) to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; (3) to have expired; to have ended; to be over; (4) to exceed; to surpass; to be above; (5) (as 〜に過ぎない, etc.) to be no more than ...; (v1, vi, suf) (6) (often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...; (P) #9539
[don] (pref) (1) very; totally; (2) (See 殿・どの) polite suffix used after a person's name (often of an apprentice; used much more broadly in southern Kyushu); (n, adv-to) (3) bang (e.g. of large drum, signal pistol, etc.); with a thud; sound when slamming something down #10248
[ぜん, zen] (suf) (often as 〜然とする) -like #10754
[あう, au] (v5u, vi) (1) (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance) to meet; to encounter; (2) (uk) (esp. 遭う when in kanji) to have an accident; to have a bad experience; (P) #11591
[わか, waka] (n) (See 短歌) waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae; (P) #11666
[あえて, aete] (adv) (uk) dare (to do something); venture (often overcoming reluctance, or in the face of probable failure); take upon oneself; challenge; presume; (there is no) need to; (don't) go as far as; definitely (not); (P) #11957
[いくど(幾度)(P);いくたび, ikudo ( ikudo )(P); ikutabi] (adv, n) (how) many times; (how) often; (P) #12071
[のむ, nomu] (v5m, vt) (1) (呑む is often used metaphorically; 服む is often used for medicine) to drink; to gulp; to swallow; (2) (also written 喫む) to smoke (tobacco); (3) to engulf; to overwhelm; (4) to keep down; to suppress; (5) to accept (e.g. demand, condition); (6) to make light of; to conceal; (P) #12235