bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
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
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
book; volume; this; present; main; head
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
indeed; really; truly; very much
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
that's the way it is; such is life
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...