photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
please (give me); please (do for me)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
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
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
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
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 put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
very; extremely; excessively
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
serious; not joking; straight
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
feeling; sense; impression
occasional; infrequent; rare
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
imagination; supposition; guess