futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
be (that) as it may; having said that
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); chloride
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
unknown literary masterpiece; (lit.) lost pearl
grudge; malice; intention; disposition; obstinacy; reason
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
(a house) looking deserted with few visitors; (lit.) sparrow net in front of the gate
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
suffix for train car numbers
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner