work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
residing; living; dwelling
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
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.
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
library; book collection; paperback book
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
now; the present time; just now; another; more
number one; first; best; most; game; round
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
free (of charge); gratuitous
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
material; substance; matter
illustration (e.g. book); picture
... and eastward; east of
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during