head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
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
license; permit; licence; certificate
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
originally; by nature; from the start
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
older brother; elder brother
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
the other day; a few days ago
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
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)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)