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
pocket tissue; small package of tissues
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
myself; yourself; I; me; you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
door; gate; opening; title page