pronoun:

• which (of three or more) ➜ 此れ・其れ・彼【あれ】
• whichever; any - with a verb in 〜ても form ➜ どれも

interjection:

• well; now; let me see ➜ どれどれ

pronoun:

• you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) - 貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males - polite language
• dear (what a wife calls a husband) ［貴方・貴男］

noun:

• this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction ➜ 何方【どちら】・其方・彼方【あちら】
• here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is)
• this one (something physically close to the speaker)

pronoun:

• I; me; we; us
• this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

pre-noun adjectival:

• that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener) ➜ 何の【どの】・此の・其の・彼【あれ】

pre-noun adjectival:

• that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the ➜ 何の【どの】・此の・其れ・彼の

interjection:

• um...; er...; uh...

noun:

• senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer ➜ 後輩【こうはい】

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of ➜ あんな・こんな・どんな

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener); so; that; sort of ➜ こんな・そんな・どんな

adverb:

• like that (used for something or someone distant from both speaker and listener); so ➜ 斯う・然う・如何【どう】

noun:

• president (of a nation or company); chief executive
• big man; boss; buddy; mate - used vocatively; esp. of an actor - familiar language

noun / ~する noun:

• contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

noun:

• food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

noun:

• adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman) ➜ 新成人

noun:

• legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas
• soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy ➜ 大豆
• female genitalia (esp. the clitoris) - colloquialism
• kidney - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone - Food term

prefix noun:

• miniature; tiny
• child

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate Antonym: 増える

godan ~む verb:

• to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms)
• to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program)
• to braid; to plait
• to grapple; to wrestle
• to unite; to join; to link up; to form an alliance
• to set (e.g. type)
• to issue (e.g. money order)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

noun / ~する noun:

• photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

noun:

• sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

noun:

• tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

interjection / noun:

• crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)
• something worthy of celebration
• giving up ［ばんざい］
• long time - archaism
• eternal life (and prosperity) - archaism

interjection:

• banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)

noun:

• yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe) ➜ 湯帷子

noun:

• horizon (related to sea or lakes) ➜ 地平線

noun:

• foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

noun:

• zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular) ➜ 布団