lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
conclusion; end; completion; summing up; supervision
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
middle of the night; dead of night
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
horse riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse
training; drill; practice; discipline
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
station; office; guardroom
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to face; to go towards; to head towards
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited