illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
novel; story; (work of) fiction
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
... years old; age (of) ...
golden eyes (of a cat, etc.); splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
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.)
antiquity; the previous era
this world; this life; this generation; present day
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
the opposite sex; isomerism
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis