to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
honorific/polite/humble prefix
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
my book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine
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 take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
... years old; age (of) ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...