dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
intelligence operative; spy
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
rather; better; instead; if anything
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care