indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
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 look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
such ... as; or some such
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
classmate; graduates in the same class; wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament
... years old; age (of) ...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
another family; another house
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse