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)
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
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 find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; 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 (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
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 (from a job); firing
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
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; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument