駅, 驛, えき
1. railway station, train station
historical term
2. staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
Counter
3. counter for railway stations and bus stations
グランド・セントラル駅までやってください。
益, えき, やく, よう
1. benefit, use, good, advantage, gain
2. profit, gains
労なくして益なし。
液, えき
Noun, used as a suffix
liquid, fluid
その液はいやな臭いを発した。
易, えき
1. type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks
See 易経, Abbreviation
2. The Book of Changes, Yijing, I Ching
役, えき, えだち
1. war, campaign, battle
Archaism
2. unpaid work (ritsuryo system), forced labor
彼が重要な役を果たした。
奕, えき
See 囲碁, Archaism
playing the game of go
は
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. topic marker particle
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
どこ, 何処, 何所, 何處, いずこ, いずく, いづこ, いどこ
Pronoun, See ここ・1, See そこ・1, See あそこ・1, Usually in kana
1. where, what place
2. how much (long, far), what extent
あなたはどこでテレビを見ますか。
に
Particle
1. at (place, time), in, on, during
2. to (direction, state), toward, into
3. for (purpose)
4. because of (reason), with
5. by, from
ある, 有る, 在る
Conjugated: あります
Godan verb, Intransitive, See 居る・いる・1, Usually in kana, usu. of inanimate objects
1. to be, to exist, to live
2. to have
3. to be located
4. to be equipped with
5. to happen, to come about
悪いけどほかに用事があるの。
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