endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
number; number plate; license plate
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
at once; immediately; right now
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
political measures; policy
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
losing the means of livelihood; (arch.) a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended; (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
accession to the throne; enthronement
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
birth; creation; formation
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
such; like that; that sort of; very
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of