star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
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
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
pale; pallid; bluish-white
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
several times (as large, over)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to tumble down; to roll down
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
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 stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up