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; from; out of; except; but; more
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
golden eyes (of a cat, etc.); splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
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
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
family; members of a family
loveable; very likeable; like very much
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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 (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn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