Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
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
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
world; society; people; the public
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
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 go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
is something that; is that which
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
distinction; differentiation; classification
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
time; season; period; phase; stage
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
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.)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)