female high school student
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
hills and fields; hill and dale
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 start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise