love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
library; book collection; paperback book
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
monthly publication; monthly issue
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
wandering; rambling; roaming
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
Tezuka Osamu (1928.11.3-1989.2.9)
Terayama Shuuji (1935.12.10-1983.5.4)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
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.
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
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 be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis