illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
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.)
villain; baddie; the villain's part
(your) daughter; young woman
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
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 dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)