the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period); commandery (in China)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
tag (children's game); tig
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
river; stream; River; the ... river
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to be found; to be discovered
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember