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")
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
feeling; sense; impression
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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; anyhow; in either case
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
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 (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
adds force or indicates command
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; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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.
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
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 flutter about; to revolve
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; improper; unsuitable
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
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
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters