bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
virgin (usu. female); maiden; virgin (e.g. forest); unspoiled by human activity; debut; maiden (e.g. voyage)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
indeed; really; truly; very much
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
that's the way it is; such is life
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)