first time; first; initial
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
Wood Dog (11th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1934, 1994, 2054)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
last month of the year; December
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
decorative lights; illumination
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
meeting hall; assembly hall
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
indignant; sorrowful; steadfast; determined
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
expression; look; countenance; face
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
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.)
(hand) towel; handkerchief
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to move (house); to change residence
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)