third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
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
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
March; third month of the lunar calendar
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
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
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
perforation; punching; boring; drilling
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
in the meanwhile; during the time
teachers, superiors, and men of prominence
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work