if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
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
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
serious; not joking; straight
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion