indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
while crying; tearfully; in tears
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
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 bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that