dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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 walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
master swordsman; skilled fencer
beginning; outset; first; onset
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
practice; practising; training; study
3rd day of the month; three days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
tedious; boring; being fed up with
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
when; how soon; how long until
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
such; like that; that sort of
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)