book-cover design; picture on the cover of a book
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
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
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
critic; reviewer; commentator
cry (of baby); mewl (of kitten)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
this world; this life; world of the living
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to ask; to enquire; to query
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
(medical) doctor; physician