kitchen; financial situation; finances
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
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.
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
while; during; while; although; all; both
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
living room (Western style); sitting room
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
nekomata; fork-tailed cat yōkai; giant beast that inhabits the mountains
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
because of; owing to; due to
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to sniff out; to get wind of
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance