happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
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.
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
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; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result