paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
river; stream; River; the ... river
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
macro; macro (instruction)
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
scale; scope; plan; structure
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
every Tom, Dick and Harry; any one or thing; (lit.) even a cat and a ladle