to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
order; command; life; destiny; fate
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
high rice field; very fertile rice field
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
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
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
height (of body); stature
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
less than ...; smaller ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
very young; little; childish; immature
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
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
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing