to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
high rice field; very fertile rice field
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
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
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
business; trade; operations; sales
food; food products; foodstuffs
factory; plant; mill; workshop
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
complete change; about-face
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
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.
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to be plump; to be chubby
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
each individual; each person
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside