it's been a long time; long time no see
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
again; once again; yet again
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight