to come alive; to get going; to start to move
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
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
interior; inside; internal
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
senior high school; high school
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
attendance (at school); going to school
the way back; the way home; return trip
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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 cross (e.g. road); to traverse
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed