to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
grandfather; male senior-citizen
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
in that way; thus; so; so?
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
one day; (on) a certain day
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
river; stream; River; the ... river
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
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
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
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 come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to pick up; to find; to gather
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so