deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
suffix for familiar person
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
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
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
relation; connection; relevance
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.
visualization; visualisation
magnetic resonance imaging; MRI
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
each nation; many nations; many countries
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
study; research; investigation
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count