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; so
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; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to face; to go towards; to head towards
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
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; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
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; free; unaffected; as is
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; to continue ...; to keep on ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend