remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
planet; dark horse; surprise contender
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be found; to be discovered
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
smith; blacksmith; small crowbar for extracting nails; cat's paw
as (for); for; in the capacity of
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
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 request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
sword abolishment edict (1876)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
really; truly; indeed; good grief