ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
the other day; a few days ago
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
dramatic role for child; child actor
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
knowing; (an) acquaintance
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 strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
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
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
water's edge; beach; shore
stairs; stairway; staircase
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
complete recovery; healing
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
suffix for familiar person
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)