child's tear-stained face
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
two persons; two people; pair; couple
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
something; some kind of; for some reason
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
all sorts of; all kinds of
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
don't you think?; indicates question
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in