Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
androgynous; gender-neutral
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
(distinction of) sex; gender
woman; female; feminine gender
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous
unique; peculiar; singular
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to be injured; to sustain a wound
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
now; the present time; just now; another; more
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable