mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
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.
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
royal capital; imperial capital
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
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
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get help; to enlist aid
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
scene; spectacle; sight; view
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
in that way; thus; so; so?
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question