to hate each other; to hate mutually
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
snake; serpent; large snake
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
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
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.)
sincerity; true heart; devotion
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
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 seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
adds force or indicates command
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
catch in one's hands; seizure
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)