pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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.
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
weightlessness; zero gravity
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
dull sound; muffled sound
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
seven colours (of the rainbow); prismatic colors; blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia); Japanese pear; Asian pear
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
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 give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
myself; yourself; I; me; you
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
such; this sort of; like this
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed