skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
muscular pain; myalgia; aching muscles; sore muscles
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
progress; advance; improvement; development
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
horse riding; horseback riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
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.)
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
beginning; outset; first; onset
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of