shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
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
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
suffix for familiar person
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
condition; state (of health); appearance
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
large bird; peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
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.
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
is that so?; I see; right; oh
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
(one's efforts) not being enough; not succeeding (despite one's best efforts); not being up to the task; being beyond one's ability
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to close (of flowers); to shut; to get narrower
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)