one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside; view of a light green mountain; mountain that appears green from afar
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to pick up; to find; to gather
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
rebel; traitor; insurgent
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
outward appearance; apparent
apparent age (of someone); rough age
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to