mask; disguise; guise; mask
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
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
three; three years of age
incident; affair; happening; event
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
birth; creation; formation
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling