four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
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 protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
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
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; arrogance; audacity; effrontery
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
being rampant; domination
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist