kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
antiquity; the previous era
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
people; men and women; each person; everybody
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
girl; baby girl; schoolgirl; girl pupil
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
long slits (esp. of eyes)
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)