spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
branch office; branch store
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
absence; disregard; indifference
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
(in the same way) as before; as always
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)