green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
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
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
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
by myself; in person; by oneself
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to grow up; to become an adult
in that way; thus; so; so?
suffix for familiar person
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as