little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
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.
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
silence (not speaking); muteness
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
hieroglyph; hieroglyphics
by means of; due to; because of; according to
scripture; passage from scripture
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
sickroom; hospital room; ward
coincident with; while; simultaneously
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...