Search a Japanese or English word using kanji, kana or romaji:
ひと, 人, ヒト
1. person, someone, somebody
2. human beings, mankind, man, people, humans
Usually in kana, usu. ヒト
3. human (Homo sapiens)
4. (other) people, others
5. character, personality, nature
この人は画家だ！
See more > common
人, じん
Suffix, indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.
1. -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite)
indicates expertise (in a certain field)
2. -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ...
usu. in compound words
3. man, people
この人は画家だ！
See more > common
も
Particle
1. too, also, in addition, as well, (not) either (in a negative sentence)
as ＡもＢも
2. both A and B, A as well as B, neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)
used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.
3. even, as much as, as many as, as far as, as long as, no less than, no fewer than
often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.
4. even if, even though, although, in spite of
Adverb, See もう・3, Colloquialism
5. further, more, again, another, the other
See more > common
いる, 要る
Godan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
to be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want
今のところお金はいらない。
See more > common
いる, 居る
Ichidan verb, Intransitive, See ある・1, Usually in kana
1. to be (of animate objects), to exist
2. to stay
Auxiliary verb, after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state
3. to be ...-ing, to have been ...-ing
おかげで元気にしております。
See more > common
入る, いる
Godan verb, Intransitive, See 入る・はいる・1, mainly used in fixed expressions and literary language
1. to enter, to go in, to get in, to come in
2. to set (of the sun or moon), to sink, to go down
3. to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.), to achieve, to reach (e.g. a climax)
Suffix, See 感じ入る, See 聞き入る, after -masu stem of verb
4. to do fully, to do intently, to do sincerely, to do deeply, to feel keenly
See 寝入る・1, See 絶え入る
5. to (reach a state) completely
梅雨に入った。
See more > common
射る, いる
Ichidan verb, Transitive
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
あなたは私にとってヨーダのような存在でした、あなたの的を射たアドバイスを恋しく思うでしょう。
See more > common
いる, 癒る
Ichidan verb, Intransitive, See 腹が居る, Usually in kana, Archaism, usu. as 腹がいる
to calm down
率る, 将る, いる
Ichidan verb, Transitive, See 率いる・ひきいる, Archaism
1. to lead, to spearhead, to command
2. to carry, to take
炒る, 煎る, 熬る, いる
Godan verb, Transitive
to roast, to parch, to toast, to boil down
彼はコーヒー豆をいっている。
のです, んです
Expression, の and ん add emphasis
the expectation is that ..., the reason is that ..., the fact is that ..., the explanation is that ..., it is that ...
お借りした車の調子が悪いのですが。
See more > common
か
Particle, at sentence end
1. indicates a question
after each alternative
2. or, whether or not
See 何か・1, after an interrogative
3. some- (e.g. something, someone)
indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles
4. hmm, huh
Prefix, See か弱い, emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective
5. very
See more > common
か, 箇, 個, 个, カ
Counter, Usually in kana, precedes the thing being counted; e.g. ３か月, ５か所; also written as ヶ or ケ
counter used with Sino-Japanese words