honorific/polite/humble prefix
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
company president; manager; director
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
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
offender; criminal; culprit
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly