to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
originally; by nature; from the start
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
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
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
settlement; permanent residency
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
Nagano (city, prefecture)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to move (house); to change residence
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...