tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
first meeting; first interview with
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
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
Island; insula; island; islet
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
square kilometer; square kilometre
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
local specialty; special product (of a region)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)