house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
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 raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
chance (of success); odds
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to say; to be called; to do
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
now; the present time; just now; another; more
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
good; goodness; right; virtue
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something