direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
to soar (esp. of spirits and gods)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to subsist; to keep on living
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
will not do; do not; does not
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
in the same way as; just like
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
Cupar (UK); Cooper; Couper; Cowper
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful