after a long time; for the first time in a while
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
participation; joining; entry
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
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.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
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 search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...