mask; disguise; guise; mask
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
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
three; three years of age
incident; affair; happening; event
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
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 decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ankh; Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for life
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
all; entire; whole; altogether
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten