indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
one day; (on) a certain day
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
what date?; what's the date?; when?
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
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
21st day of the month; 21 days
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
Japanese staunton-vine (Stauntonia hexaphylla)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
suffix for familiar person