mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
suffix for familiar person
high mountain; alpine mountain
how; in what way; how about
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
blending of Japanese and Western styles
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
home area; home town; local
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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
second day of the month; two days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
older sister; lass; young lady
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
family; members of a family
first shrine visit of New Year
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to