it's been a long time; long time no see
friend; affection (for siblings)
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hot spring area; hot spring district
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
story; tale; talk; discussion
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 incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
honorific/polite/humble prefix
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)