empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
thrifty person; frugal person; economizer
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
older sister; elder sister
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
greeting; a fine thing to say
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence