spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
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
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
February; second month of the lunar calendar
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
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.)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement
click-clack; clip-clop; clatter
first warbling heard in a New Year
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o