time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to face; to go towards; to head towards
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to do together; to share; to participate in
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
living together; communal life; cohabitation
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend