not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
snake; serpent; large snake
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
early; right away; at once; early time; early stage (in one's life, etc.)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
construction; building (e.g. a house); communal construction labor (in Zen Buddhism); building with the help of many people (e.g. a temple or shrine)
magistrate; shogunate administrator
castle tower; keep; donjon
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
what sort of; what kind of; what way
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
commander; general; leader
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)