honorific/polite/humble prefix
older brother; elder brother
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to detain; to check; to restrain
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
older brother; elder brother
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
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 seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to apologize; to apologise
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
such; this sort of; like this
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)