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之
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
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
these
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
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.
Shinto
Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto
Idiomatic expression; Formal or literary term
showing (someone) special courtesy (to persuade them to take a post)
clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish
Shinto
Susanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)
Colloquial
got it; roger; leave it to me
Historical term
second most important provincial shrine
Archaic
second-born imperial prince
Company name
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (name of a publishing company)
Deity
Amenominakanushi (first god and the source of the universe according to Shinto)
