to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to say; to be called; to do
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
how; in what way; how about; questionable
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.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
bringing; taking; carrying
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
is something that; is that which
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand