my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
tsumugi; pongee; traditional rough-surfaced cloth woven from raw silk
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
don't you think?; indicates question
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.
to try to do; to attempt to do
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
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; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; inexperienced (in love); innocent; birth-
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
growth period (in children)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge