country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to mistake (A for B); to misread
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
wyvern (two-legged dragon); wivern
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
wet nurse; nursing mother
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
young person; youth; young
surroundings; environs; circumference
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)