summer festival; summer matsuri
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
wherein; therein; thereinto
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
such; this sort of; like this
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
serious look (on one's face); straight face