indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
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 deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
Fukuda Tsuneari (1912-1994) (critic and translator of Shakespeare into Japanese)
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
library; book collection; paperback book
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
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
sunlight; rays of the Sun
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)