mountain-dwelling robber; brigand
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
to employ; to hire; to charter
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
adds force or indicates command
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
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
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 rescue from; to help out of; to save
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
honorific/polite/humble prefix
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument