previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
mask; disguise; guise; mask
three; three years of age
occurrence; happening; incident; event
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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
deceased; late; dead; departed
older sister; elder sister
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
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 aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
ankh (hieroglyphic symbol for life)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
decoration; ornament; trimmings
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)