certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
chapter one; first chapter
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
curse; spell; malediction
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
rather; sooner; preferably
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
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
by means of; due to; because of; according to
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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.)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
whirling; going round and round; rushing a person off his feet; panicking; rushing around in a fluster; working in a panic
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence