family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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 lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
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
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
a person without a single relative
woman; female; feminine gender
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
monster cat; cat with magical powers
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
second month of the lunar calendar
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; given name; first name
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
surroundings; environs; circumference
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)