every evening; night after night
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
charming; fascinating; attractive
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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 do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
town; city; municipal; urban
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)