nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
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
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
difficult to ...; hard to ...
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
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.
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
reality; actuality; hard fact
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
this world; this life; world of the living
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires