to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
protecting a rice field; watching over a field; person who watches over a rice field
Yoshinaga Sayuri (1945.3-)
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
contact information (address, phone number, etc.)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.); zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
every year; yearly; annually
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
barrier; gate; seki; mutual life
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
one (thing); one piece; one item
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
celebration; auspicious occasion