squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
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
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
older sister; elder sister
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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 build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
unidentifiable; unidentified
self-control; self-restraint
form; shape; figure; visage
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
the West; the Occident; Western countries
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
of course; certainly; naturally
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible