man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
(arch.) crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony; noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)
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
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
spring day; spring sunlight
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die; (arch.) to go bad
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to translate; to interpret
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)