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
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
parallel universe; alternative reality; parallel world
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)
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.)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
age (expressed in the Western style of counting fully completed years)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
mistress; kept woman; concubine
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.
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle
rural local self-government (Muromachi period)