what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
feeling; sense; impression
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
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)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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 bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters