famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
name; given name; first name
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
senior high school; high school
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
... years old; age (of) ...
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
one day; (on) a certain day
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
secret; private; surreptitious
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work