Cristina; Christina; Cristina (Brazil); Cristina (Spain)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
number one; first; best; most; game; round
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
brothers and sisters; siblings
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
family; members of a family
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
Chris; Kris; Kriss; Kurisu
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in one's own way or style
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
priority; order of precedence
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
confections; sweets; candy; cake
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.
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
clothes; clothing; garments
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
fate; destiny; predestination
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
eldest daughter; first-born daughter