suffix for familiar person
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
limestone cave; limestone cavern
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
spelling; orthography; file; pad; bundle
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
recitation; reciting from memory
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
to go out and away; to leave
none of your business; not your concern
innocent (esp. of a girl); naive; virgin; maiden; young striped mullet
animal passions; carnal desire; lust
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
nothing but; none other than
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)