pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
joint struggle; common (united) front
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
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 stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
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
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
though; notwithstanding; although
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
order of chivalry; chivalric order
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
of course; certainly; naturally