pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to be too late; to be too slow
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
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 burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
Taki Rentarō (1879.8.24-1903.6.29)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
complete change; about-face
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed