fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
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 shout (in anger); to yell
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
single word; a few words; brief comment
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to talk; to chat; to chatter
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
such; like that; that sort of
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least