disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
first third of a month; first ten days of a month
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
marriage agency; matrimonial agency; matchmaking service
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
while; during; while; although; all; both
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
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.
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
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.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
support; backing; aid; assistance
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
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 ...
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
woman; female; feminine gender
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment