to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm); west-northwest; ninth month of the lunar calendar
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
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
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
massing (of troops); gathering
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
brute courage; recklessness
now; the present time; just now; another; more
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)