preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
heir; inheritor; successor
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
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 serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be born; to come into the world
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
for the first time in one's life
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to throw at; to turn; to raise
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
as stated; verbatim; literally
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result