prefatory song or poem; opening song
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
kanji "large village" radical at right (radical 163)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
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
getting on board; sailor; seaman
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to face; to go towards; to head towards
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
honorific/polite/humble prefix
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
loveable; very likeable; like very much
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently