cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
fine weather during the rainy season
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
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
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood