matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
one day; (on) a certain day
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to live through; to survive
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
(United States of) America; USA
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that