discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
obi; kimono sash; band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
than; from; out of; except; but; more
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
(another's) daughter; young lady
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
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 topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); south-southeast; fourth month of the lunar calendar
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
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 get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
first meeting; first interview with
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)