(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
fate; destiny; predestination
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 accept; to receive; to agree
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
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
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
recovery; rescue; recapture
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.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
Odaiba (artificial island in Tokyo Bay)
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
trouble; bother; annoyance
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
driving at reduced speed; running at reduced speed (e.g. train)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell