indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
declaration; proclamation; announcement
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to be opposite; to face each other
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to put into the mouth; to eat
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
start of a romance; beginning of love
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
opposite side; opposition
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
man; male; masculine gender
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation