India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
already; now; no longer; not any more
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
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 leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
parental love or affection
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress