Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
remote mountain; mountain recesses
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
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 send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
sand; fine sand; capelin roe (used as a sushi topping)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
the other day; some time ago; recently
honorific/polite/humble prefix
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence
at; in; at; when; by; with
renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have