黒い, くろい
1. black
2. dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin)
3. suspicious, criminal, illicit
4. darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt
5. evil, wicked, black-hearted
ナンシーはヘレンよりもほんのすこし色が黒い。
うち, 家
See 内・うち・7, Usually in kana
one's house, one's home, one's family, one's household
うちには十頭の牛がいる。
うち, 内, 中
Adverb
1. inside, within
Usually in kana
2. while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of
as 〜のうち
3. among, amongst, (out) of, between
also 裡, 裏; as 〜のうちに after a noun representing a state or condition
4. in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success)
5. within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts
「うちで働いてみたいかね」とウッドさんが尋ねました。
破損, はそん
Takes suru, Transitive, Intransitive
damage, breakage
屋根が破損した家は今では修理が完了している。
な, なあ, なー, なぁ
Only な, Particle, prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb
1. don't
imperative (from なさい); used with -masu stem of verb
2. do
Interjection, used to get someone's attention or press one's point
3. hey, listen, look, say
when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end
4. now, ..., well, ..., I tell you!, you know
used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end
5. wow, ooh
こと, 事, 縡
Usually in kana
1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
「U.F.Oとは何を表しているの」「未確認飛行物体のことだと思う」
琴, 箏, 筝, こと, そう
1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
Only こと, Archaism
2. stringed instrument
Only 箏, Only 筝
3. zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng
彼女は琴を弾くことがとても好きだ。
古都, こと
ancient city, former capital
この古都に何か新しいものがあることは、だれでも知っている。
異, 殊, こと, け
Only こと, NA-adjective, Noun, used as a prefix, Archaism
1. difference (from one another), different thing, other
2. unusual, extraordinary
糊塗, こと
Takes suru, Transitive
patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over
こと
Particle, particle always used at sentence-end
1. particle indicating a command
Female term or language, often as ことね
2. particle indicating mild enthusiasm
3. particle indicating a gentle interrogative
at sentence end as ことよ
4. particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion
言, げん, こと
word, remark, statement
彼の言に従って行動するのはりこうではない。