August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
cease-fire; truce; armistice
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
while; during; while; although; all; both
Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)
all; entire; whole; altogether
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
now; the present time; just now; another; more
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
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.