preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
invitation; introduction; temptation
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
beginning (of a century, etc.)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
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 pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
educational institution; school; academy; campus
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
quest (esp. in role-playing games)