woman; female; feminine gender
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
... years old; age (of) ...
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
suffix for familiar person
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
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 hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade; firefighter
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
like this; this sort; this way
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
operation; functioning; running
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
please (give me); please (do for me)
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty