marriage proposal; marriage talks
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
three; three years of age
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
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 grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
strategist; tactician; schemer
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation
100,000; hundred thousand
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that