female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
old girl; former female student; alumna; office girl
god of death; death deity; Death
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
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to grow up; to become an adult
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
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
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
while; during; while; although; all; both
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
feeling; sense; impression
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!