beloved child; dear child
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
release; liberation; acquittal
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
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
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
suffix for familiar person
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
police; police officer; police station
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis