to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
high rice field; very fertile rice field
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
home; household; family; hearth
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
business; trade; operations; sales
food; food products; foodstuffs
factory; plant; mill; workshop
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
... years old; age (of) ...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
complete change; about-face
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
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.
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to be plump; to be chubby
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
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
each individual; each person
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside