Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
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 stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
26th day of the month; 26 days
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage