indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
older brother and younger sister
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
feeling; sense; impression
rikka; formal style of ikebana
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
until now; so far; up to the present
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
form; shape; figure; visage
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
action of making something; -ification
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...