novel; story; (work of) fiction
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
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 mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)