popular  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• sudden death, unexpected death

popular  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

• fortitude, firmness of character, sturdiness, inner strength, hardihood

popular  gikun or jukujikun  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic) 

• older brother and older sister

popular  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic) 

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popular  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective  noun  noun (generic)  humble language  pronoun  formal or literary term  archaic 

• unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.)
• I, me
• incompetent, unskilled, inexperienced, foolish
• unfortunate, unlucky

popular  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• the past

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  formal or literary term  intransitive verb 

• to spread out (e.g. a futon), to lay out
• to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
• to impose widely (e.g. martial law), to promulgate
• to pin down, to hold down
• to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
• to deploy (e.g. troops)
• to spread (e.g. snow), to be propagated

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  formal or literary term  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug
• to have (a thought or feeling), to hold, to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.), to harbor, to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.), to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.), to cherish (e.g. an ambition)

popular  formal or literary term  interjection  noun  noun (generic) 

• no, nay
• disagreement, objection, disapproval

popular  particle  formal or literary term 

• it is ... that ..., precisely, in particular, definitely, for sure, only (when, after, because, etc.)
• although, while, it is the case that ... but
• it is precisely because ... that ..., only because ...
• not at all, not in the slightest, absolutely not, never