audience; spectator; spectators
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
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
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 dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
voice training; vocal exercises
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
myself; yourself; I; me; you
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
in comparison to; rather than