the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
number one; first; best; most; game; round
beginning; outset; first; onset
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be collected (of clams, etc.); to be gathered (of mushrooms, herbs, etc.); to be picked (of fruit, etc.); to be able to collect; to be able to extract; to be able to get
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
honorific/polite/humble prefix
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
jingisukan; dish of mutton or lamb grilled with vegetables at the table on a domed grill; slotted dome cast iron grill (used for jingisukan)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
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.
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
just-harvested; freshly picked; freshly caught (fish); fresh
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic