Komamura Tae (1975.2.18-)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
rate; late; rating; ranking
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
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
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
electrical machinery; appliances
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
finding employment; getting a job
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
timewasting; killing time
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
beginning; outset; first; onset
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
history of; experience of