beach; seashore; seaside; coast
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
Haruki Murakami (1949.1.12-; writer)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
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.
departure; leaving; setting off
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)