List: particle
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) finance card games counter particle
- end, finish, place to stop
- bound, limit, end
- delivery date (of a futures contract)
- finale (of a noh song), end of an act (in jลruri or kabuki), final performance of the day (in vaudeville)
- trump card
- king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
- counter for slices (esp. thick slices), counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.)
- only, just
- (ever) since, after
- continuously, remaining (in a particular state)
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb particle
- extent, degree, measure
- limit, bounds
- (span of) time
- (a) distance
- the state of, the status of, the condition of
- about, around, approximately, or so
- as much as ..., to the extent of ..., like ...
- the more ... the more ...
popular search-only kana form particle adverb
- than
- rather than, instead of, over, above
- from, out of, since, at, on (and after)
- except, but, other than
- more
popular JLPT N3 colloquial conjunction particle
- after all, because
- but
- even
- too, as well, also
- they say, I hear, you mean
popular JLPT N4 polite language conjunction particle
- but, however, although
popular female term particle
- I wonder, do you think?, I might, how about
- some kind, some stage, somehow, somewhere
popular particle
- I wonder
- should I?, is it?
- I wish that, I hope that
popular particle
- from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity), since
- from (originator), by
- because, since
- out of (constituent, part)
- through (e.g. window, vestibule)
- after, since
- expresses sympathy or warning
popular conjunction particle
- but, however, although
popular particle formal or literary term
- it is ... that ..., precisely, in particular, definitely, for sure, only (when, after, because, etc.)
- although, while, it is the case that ... but
- it is precisely because ... that ..., only because ...
- not at all, not in the slightest, absolutely not, never