thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis); grebe
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious