wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
postpartum depression; postnatal depression
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
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 the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
feeling; sense; impression
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
suffix for familiar person
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?