master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
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
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
rikka; formal style of ikebana
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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.
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
family; members of a family
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
feeling; sense; impression
in comparison to; rather than
to look young; to seem young
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
reception room; parlor; parlour
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have