love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
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.
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
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
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
coming to an end; dying out
death in battle; death on the battlefield
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger