owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
decision; determination; resolution
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
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
younger brother (of an older brother); younger sister (of an older sister); youngest child; young; younger; young and beautiful
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
the way back; the way home; return trip
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
un-Japanese in appearance or character
chestnut (horse coat color)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful