privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
one day; (on) a certain day
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
devil; evil spirit; genie
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
the three princesses; three kabuki roles regarded as some of the hardest to perform
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.
(Japanese-style) living room
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
tone (of voice); manner of talking
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
transparency; clarity; coherence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
one by one; one at a time; in turn
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention