chief; main; principal; important
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
female high-school student
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
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
descendant; posterity; offspring
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
older brother; elder brother
company; corporation; workplace
company president; manager; director
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
professor; teaching; instruction
older sister; elder sister
mallee (var. of eucalyptus)
Gupta (dynasty of India, approx. 320-600 CE)
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
prefix for forming ordinal numbers