people; citizens; subjects; folk
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
emperor (of Japan); mikado
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
(ancient) Japan; Yamato kingdom; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture); Yamato (battleship)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to soar (esp. of spirits and gods)
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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)
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when