wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
two persons; two people; pair; couple
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
open field; empty lot; plain
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.
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
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.)
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
Setagaya City; Setagaya Ward
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...