person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
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
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
foster father; adoptive father
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
honorific/polite/humble prefix
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result