(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
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
generation; the world; the age
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 cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
family; members of a family
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
racial discrimination; racism
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
though; notwithstanding; although
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to continue to work; to work away (at)
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
myself; yourself; I; me; you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off