severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
even if not; even without
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
scale; scope; plan; structure
in that way; thus; so; so?
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
Cheki; brand of small instant cameras made by Fujifilm; check it out; take a look
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
business; trade; operations; sales
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
adds force or indicates command
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
how; in what way; how about
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
meeting hall; assembly hall
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do