gem; jewel; precious stone
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
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
children's story; fairy tale
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
scene; spectacle; sight; view
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
town; city; municipal; urban
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
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
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how long; how much; to what extent
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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.
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
ash; embers; complete destruction