girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
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.
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
limbs; arms and legs; body
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to face; to go towards; to head towards