meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
parting; separation; farewell
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
(period of) a year; during an era
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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 bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
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
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
in that way; thus; so; so?