mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
indiscriminate killing; indiscriminate murder
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
arrest; apprehension; capture
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
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 seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
again; once more; a second time
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
the real criminal; true culprit
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
woman; female; feminine gender
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known