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; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
name; given name; first name
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
senior high school; 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; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
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; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
one day; (on) a certain day
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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); throughout the 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)
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
papa; dad; daddy; 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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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