light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
in the mountains; among the mountains
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
ten; 10; ten years of age
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
river; stream; River; the ... river
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
forestry; lumbering; timbering; work done in the mountains
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to grow taller (of people)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying