marriage proposal; marriage talks
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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
three; three years of age
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
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.
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
strategist; tactician; schemer
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
100,000; hundred thousand
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)