gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
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
full version; complete version; unabridged edition
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
young person; youth; young
to unfold; to unroll; to open
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
planning; project; plan; design
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
now; the present time; just now; another; more
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
tradition; legend; folklore
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.
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
please (give me); please (do for me)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
tele; Terret (wine grape variety)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
life; living; I; me; student
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)