Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
wild beast; wild animal; brute
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
beginning; outset; first; onset
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
one thin flat object; one sheet
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
two persons; two people; pair; couple
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)