I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
... years old; age (of) ...
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
one day; (on) a certain day
senior high school; high school
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
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.)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
spring break; spring vacation
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)