marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
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
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
(Western-style) banquet; formal dinner
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
husband and wife; married couple
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send 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.)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
how; in what way; how about