very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
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
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
book; volume; this; present; main; head
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 read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to finish reading; to read through
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to recall; to remember; to recollect
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun