I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
elder sister; effeminate man
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to become dull; to become lifeless; to get bored; to lose interest; to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock); to weaken (of the market)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
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
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 come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
(your) daughter; young woman
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
in that way; thus; so; so?
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to gather; to collect; to assemble
honorific/polite/humble prefix