rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to pick up; to find; to gather
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
alone; by oneself; on one's own
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
weather forecast; weather report
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
utter failure; gross mistake; wrong guess
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest