Word usually written using kana alone; Pronoun; Indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic

this; this one

Word usually written using kana alone; Pronoun; Usu. indicating someone in one's in-group

this person

Word usually written using kana alone; Pronoun; As これから, これまで, etc.

now; this point (in time)

Dated term; Word usually written using kana alone; Pronoun

here

Formal or literary term; Word usually written using kana alone; Adverb (fukushi)

used to stress the subject of a sentence

Archaic; Pronoun

I; me

these

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

Particle; Orig. written 乃 or 之

indicates possessive

Particle

nominalizes verbs and adjectives

Particle

substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases

Particle; At sentence-end; falling tone

indicates a confident conclusion

Female; Particle; At sentence-end

indicates emotional emphasis

Particle; At sentence-end; rising tone

indicates question

Idiomatic expression

wide difference; a world of difference

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Nouns 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

Idiomatic expression

fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort

Idiomatic expression

precarious situation; precarious state

Buddhism

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

Hades; land of the dead; netherworld