- (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle)[edict]
- (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P)[edict]
- (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P)[edict]
- (n) (See スラグ) slag[edict]
- (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P)[edict]
- (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.)[edict]
- (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm)[edict]
- (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)[edict]
- (aux) (abbr) (arch) (See である) to be[edict]
- (n) (sl) detective[edict]
- (aux) (pol) (See だ・1) polite copula in Japanese; (P)[edict]
- (conj,int) (See それでは) then; well; so; well then; (P)[edict]
- (conj) (1) but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; (prt) (2) even; (3) however; no matter how; even if; even though; (4) ... or something; (5) (as 〜でも〜でも) either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; (pref) (6) (before an occupation, etc.) pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; (7) (before an occupation, etc.) (See でもしか) for lack of anything better to do; (P)[edict]
- (n,n-suf) (1) coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon); (2) attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on; (3) start; beginning; (4) origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage); (5) architectural member that projects outward; (6) highest point of the stern of a ship; (7) (uk) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc.) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something; (P)[edict]
- あたし(P);あたくし;あたい;あて
- あっし;わっち;わっし
- わい;わて
- わたい
- わたし(P);わたくし(P)
- わらわ
- わし
- (pn,adj-no) (fem) I; me; (P)[edict]
- (pn,adj-no) I (mainly used by working men); myself[edict]
- (pn) (1) (arch) (ksb[edict]
- (n) (arch) (ktb[edict]
- (pn,adj-no) (1) I; me; (n,adj-no) (2) (わたくし only) private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; (3) (わたくし only) selfishness; (P)[edict]
- (pn,adj-no) (arch) (hum) (fem) I; me[edict]
- (pn,adj-no) (uk) I; me (used by elderly males)[edict]
- (v1,vi) (1) (uk) (See 在る・1) to be (of animate objects); to exist; (2) to stay; (v1,aux-v) (3) (the い is sometimes dropped) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing); (P)[edict]
- (v1,vt) to shoot; (P)[edict]
- (v5r,vt) to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil)[edict]
- (v1,vt) to cast; to mint; to coin; (P)[edict]
- (v5r,vi) (See 気に入る) to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in; (P)[edict]
- (v5r,vi) to need; (P)[edict]
- (v5r) (poet) (See 入る・いる) to set beyond the Western horizon (i.e. the sun)[edict]