hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
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
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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.)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
riverside; edge of a river
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
(how) many times; (how) often
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
womanly; ladylike; feminine
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
precocious; precocious child