to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
obsession with changing one's appearance; desire to change
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
senior high school student
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
myself; yourself; I; me; you
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 change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...