willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
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
clear weather; good weather
Houjou Takatoki (1303-33)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
retirement (to a temple of shrine) for prayer
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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.)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
on the sea; surface of the sea
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
drinking bout; merrymaking
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish