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
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
river; stream; River; the ... river
library; book collection; paperback book
table of contents; contents
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
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.
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
workshop; studio; atelier
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage