character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
look!; there!; here!; that is
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
skill; dexterity; master hand
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
because of; owing to; due to
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
to be silent; to say nothing
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss