work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
Hyōgo Prefecture (Kinki area)
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
sneaker; sneakers; trainers
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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded
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; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
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 (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
motorcycle; motorbike; bike; bicycle
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows
now; the present time; just now; another; more
number one; first; best; most; game; round
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to recall; to remember; to recollect
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold