enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
please (give me); please (do for me)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
control; management (e.g. of a business)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
please; somehow or other; one way or another
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
absolutely; positively; decidedly