- (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]
- いる
- おる
- (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]
- (v5r,vi) (1) (uk) (hum) to be (animate); to be; to exist; (v5r,aux-v) (2) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing); (3) (See やがる) (after -masu base of verb) indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions; (P)[edict]