one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
that day; the very same 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
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
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 tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
intuition; instinct; hunch
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
while; during; while; although; all; both
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of