young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
suffix for familiar person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
question; inquiry; enquiry
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
although I say; although one might say; although called
now; the present time; just now; another; more
person around thirty years old (esp. a woman)
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
primary school; elementary school; grade school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
living by oneself; living alone
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 start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...