aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
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.
cruelty; hard-heartedness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
with a friendly grin; smilingly
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
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
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
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
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
(your) daughter; young woman
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo