foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
book-cover design; picture on the cover of a book
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
National Museum of Modern Art
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
cooperation; collaboration
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
spring water; clear (pure) water
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
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
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
refinement; elegance; grace
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album); parasitic plant
change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
such; like that; that sort of; very