salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
sorry; excuse me; thank you
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
vice-minister; undersecretary
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
it is I who should say so
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
persons who have fallen in battle
consoling the spirits of the dead
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
government; administration
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why