empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
to go out and away; to leave
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
no!; no no!; no, not at all
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?