inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
indicate reason; infers some protest
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
that's the way it is; such is life
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
together; at the same time; same; identical
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
but; however; provided that
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out