to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
special program; special programme
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
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
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.)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
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
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
derailment; digression; deviation
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail); deadheading (e.g. train)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold