already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
licking one's lips (at the sight of appetizing food); licking one's lips (in anticipation); waiting eagerly (for); salivating (e.g. at the thought)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
... years old; age (of) ...
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
please (give me); please (do for me)
from now; from this moment; henceforth
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
prohibition; inhibition; ban