empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
to pick up; to find; to gather
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to go out and away; to leave
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it is not (like that) either
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
no!; no no!; no, not at all
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?