he; she; that person; (arch.) you
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
now; the present time; just now; another; more
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
difficult to ...; hard to ...
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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 be found; to be discovered
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.