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
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
massing (of troops); gathering
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
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.
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
100,000,000; one hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
ankh; Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for life
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
adds force or indicates command
decoration; ornament; trimmings
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
suffix for familiar person
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable