My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one day; (on) a certain day
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
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 torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
people; men and women; each person; everybody
villain; baddie; the villain's part
(your) daughter; young woman
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
soft and fluffy (e.g. hair)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into