married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
changing (something) for the worse; disimprovement; deterioration
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
as (for); for; in the capacity of
ten; 10; ten years of age
second marriage; remarriage
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
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 read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
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
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...