city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
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 scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
yen (currency of Japan); circle
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to jump up and down; to hop
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm