Particleindicates possessive · nominalizes verbs and adjectives · substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases

Pronounthis; this one · this person · now; this point (in time)

Pronounthese

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounwide difference; a world of difference

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'perversity; perverse person; contrary person; contrarian · antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore · demon under the feet of temple guardian statues

Nounkanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)

Noungod of food (esp. of rice)

Nounmost important provincial shrine · first-born imperial prince

Conjunctionnot only ... but also; also

Nouninner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.

Nountonoko; powder made from dried clay used as a polishing powder, filler material, etc.

Nounclownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish

Nounsecond most important provincial shrine · second-born imperial prince

Nounchinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); king salmon; tyee salmon; Columbia River salmon; black salmon; chub salmon; hook bill salmon; winter salmon; spring salmon; quinnat salmon; blackmouth

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounempty dream

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounshowing (someone) special courtesy (to persuade them to take a post)

Interjection (kandoushi)OK; sure; yessir!; okey dokey!; understood

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounclose adviser; close advisor

Nounvain dream of wealth and splendour

NounHades; land of the dead; netherworld

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounprecarious situation; precarious state

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounfighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort

NounOcellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)

NounSusanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto

NounMercenaria stimpsoni (species of Venus clam)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun(person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience

Nounmountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad

Nounsteadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nountrue love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof

Nounzig-zag motion (esp. warship)

Nounextraordinary perceptiveness; sharp insight

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noundevious mind; sinister thinking; scheming

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounperson who died outside of their homeland; ghost in a foreign land

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounsomeone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board

Nouninseparable friendship

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounsurpassing one's master

Nounneedle stonecrop (Sedum lineare)

Noununderworld; netherworld

Nounhumphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus); Napoleon wrasse; Napoleonfish; Maori wrasse

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounfight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)

NounSusanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)

NounXenograpsus novaeinsularis (crab species)

NounYamanouchi Pharmaceutical (now Astellas Pharma)

NounAmenominakanushi (first god and the source of the universe according to Shinto)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto exaggerate

Nounquahog (Mercenaria mercenaria); quahaug; hard clam; hard-shell clam; round clam; littleneck; topneck; cherrystone; chowder clam

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)got it; roger; leave it to me

NounJitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (name of a publishing company)

NounKagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)