life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life); difficult; troubled
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
your husband; her husband
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 receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
now; the present time; just now; another; more
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
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.)
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour