white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
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
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
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 ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
military shoes; combat boots
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
while; during; while; although; all; both
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to tighten; to press hard
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to take a breath; to take a short rest
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)