high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
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
steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life); difficult; troubled
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
complete change; about-face
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
your husband; her husband
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 receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
official divorce registration papers
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
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
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)