strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
ten; 10; ten years of age
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
six (long cylindrical things)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
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.
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
while; during; while; although; all; both
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
primary school; elementary school; grade school
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon