old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
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
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
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 collect; to assemble; to gather
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
way (of doing); manner; method; means
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
air hole; windhole; ventilator
curse; spell; malediction
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
suffix for familiar person
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey