indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
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.)
the place for; the time for; the level of
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
Water Sheep (20th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1943, 2003, 2063)
first month of the lunar calendar; January
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
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
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
evening sky; twilight sky
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
exactly as stated; verbatim
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to dye; to colour; to color